Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brauvilliers had 159 residents in 68 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 43% of households are headed by a retired person in the town. Here 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
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 Brauvilliers
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 72% of compared French towns grew faster than Brauvilliers: −1%
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 Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six −7%.
Half of Brauvilliers is under 42.3, younger than 64% 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
■ Brauvilliers 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Brauvilliers, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
7.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 36% of households are one person living alone.
14% of homes stand empty, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 29%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes tops 83% of compared French towns: 7%.
Standard of living at the median: €22,720 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.
Living standards centre on €22,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
In Brauvilliers, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Brauvilliers comes in at 0.6%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% 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
39% are married and 10% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 8.1% are widowed. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 11%
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
In Brauvilliers, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 159 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Brauvilliers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brauvilliers | 42.3 | 23% | 7% | 0.6% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 6.9 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 9.5 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 9.6 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 10.8 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 10.9 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 13.4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
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 Brauvilliers
What is the population of Brauvilliers?
159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (160).
How old are Brauvilliers’ residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brauvilliers?
6, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brauvilliers?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brauvilliers?
€22,720 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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