Brixey-aux-Chanoines is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.5
13% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For Brixey-aux-Chanoines, the census puts flats at 2.9%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 77 residents in the town, living in 41 households.
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 Brixey-aux-Chanoines
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brixey-aux-Chanoines, 27% of its 70 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Brixey-aux-Chanoines’ residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brixey-aux-Chanoines had 81 residents at the 2012 census and 77 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
27% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 42%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 15% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 88% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, −8%.
5.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Brixey-aux-Chanoines 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over in Brixey-aux-Chanoines. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone.
Brixey-aux-Chanoines ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 25%
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, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Brixey-aux-Chanoines has 38%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Brixey-aux-Chanoines (13%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 69% of compared French towns: 16%
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
For Brixey-aux-Chanoines, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (77 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Brixey-aux-Chanoines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brixey-aux-Chanoines | 56.5 | 32% | 27% | 1.3% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 8.3 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Foug 2,628 · 14.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 15.6 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 16.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
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 Brixey-aux-Chanoines
What is the population of Brixey-aux-Chanoines?
77 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (81).
How old are Brixey-aux-Chanoines’ residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brixey-aux-Chanoines?
19, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brixey-aux-Chanoines?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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