Half of Couvertpuis is over 58.2, older than 97% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 43%, Couvertpuis is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. The town’s 41 households held 79 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 14% of households are couples with children. Few places have so few flats: 3.3% here, fewer than in 98% 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 Couvertpuis
An older town
Half of Couvertpuis’ residents are under 58.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Couvertpuis had 89 residents at the 2012 census and 79 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Couvertpuis changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −8% in Meuse. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couvertpuis 58.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 32%, Couvertpuis is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 14% in Couvertpuis, more than in 93% 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Couvertpuis has more one-person households than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 43%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Couvertpuis ranks above 96% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
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
Without a car: one household in seven, against 11% in the median compared French town. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 3.8% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Couvertpuis ranks below 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Put another way, about one in 77: 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 86% 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
Locally, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns: 29%
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
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 79 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Couvertpuis is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couvertpuis | 58.2 | 32% | 3.8% | 1.3% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 7.3 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 12.2 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 13.4 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 14.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 16.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 17.4 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 Couvertpuis
What is the population of Couvertpuis?
79 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (89).
How old are Couvertpuis’ residents?
The median age is 58.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couvertpuis?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couvertpuis?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.3%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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