In Brillon-en-Barrois, 42% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Brillon-en-Barrois has 2.6%. The 2023 Census counted 704 residents in 280 households. Households in social housing: 1.8% of the total. Half of the town’s residents are under 39.5, younger than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Brillon-en-Barrois
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 6.8% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brillon-en-Barrois grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 84% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%, a lower share than 87% 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
■ Brillon-en-Barrois 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 24% in Brillon-en-Barrois, less than in 96% 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
Single-parent households: 6.8%, below 91% of compared French towns. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
3.6% of homes are flats, below 98% 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
27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.7% moved in within the last two years. More empty homes than in 70% of compared French towns: 8.6%. Second homes: 1.2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,210 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,210 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns: 30%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Brillon-en-Barrois, 13%. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that 9% of households are headed by a manager or professional here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.9% of residents 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.3%), Brillon-en-Barrois is below 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Brillon-en-Barrois, less than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Across Brillon-en-Barrois, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Brillon-en-Barrois has 36%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 704 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Brillon-en-Barrois is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brillon-en-Barrois | 39.5 | 20% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 5.4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 6.4 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 7.9 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 10.6 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 16 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
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 Brillon-en-Barrois
What is the population of Brillon-en-Barrois?
704 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (606).
How old are Brillon-en-Barrois’ residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brillon-en-Barrois?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brillon-en-Barrois?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brillon-en-Barrois?
€27,210 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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