In Avocourt, 1.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 7.3%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Avocourt. 10% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 80% of compared French towns. This Meuse town is home to 120 residents in 57 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Meuse median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 80% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, −12% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Meuse.
Avocourt: 33% of residents are 65 or over, above 91% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avocourt 49. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 49, Avocourt is older than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 61% of compared French towns, at 27%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Avocourt has 36%.
99% of homes are houses
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 35% have stayed three decades or more.
Standard of living at the median: €28,020 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of Avocourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 45% of households are headed by a retired person
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.8% of residents in Avocourt are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns. About one in 20: that is how common foreign nationals are in Avocourt (5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 27%, a higher share than 84% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Avocourt. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 120 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 4 around it: Avocourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avocourt | 49 | 33% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 10.1 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 11.2 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 11.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 13.4 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Avocourt
What is the population of Avocourt?
120 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (123).
How old are Avocourt’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avocourt?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avocourt?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avocourt?
€28,020 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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