Brabant-sur-Meuse ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 44%
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Brabant-sur-Meuse. The 2023 Census counted 118 residents in 46 households. In Brabant-sur-Meuse, 4.3% of households have no car. On households in social housing, Brabant-sur-Meuse sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 2.2%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Brabant-sur-Meuse
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brabant-sur-Meuse had 130 residents at the 2012 census and 118 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brabant-sur-Meuse changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 96% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Meuse town −8%.
In Brabant-sur-Meuse, 15% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 96% 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
■ Brabant-sur-Meuse 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Brabant-sur-Meuse is 43.3, lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 33% of households are one person living alone in Brabant-sur-Meuse
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 2.6 people each. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of flats than 97% of compared French towns, at 4%
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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 7.4% of homes stand empty, or about one in 14.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,110 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.
At €25,110 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Brabant-sur-Meuse ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 22%
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, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, below 99% of compared French towns
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 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Brabant-sur-Meuse, 0.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 44% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below 61% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 118 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th youngest
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.
Older than Brabant-sur-Meuse: 4 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brabant-sur-Meuse | 43.3 | 10% | 0% | 0.8% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 7.5 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 7.6 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 8.8 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Étain 3,375 · 15.2 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Longuyon 5,134 · 17.6 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 1.4% | 12% |
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 Brabant-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Brabant-sur-Meuse?
118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (130).
How old are Brabant-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brabant-sur-Meuse?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brabant-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brabant-sur-Meuse?
€25,110 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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