Couvonges sits above 98% of compared French towns for couples with children (38%)
Here 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Couvonges has fewer households without a car than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.8%. At the 2023 Census Couvonges was home to 156 people in 62 households. About one in 63: that is how common households in social housing are in Couvonges (1.6%).
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 Couvonges
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 75% of compared French towns: Couvonges changed by −1% since 2012
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 −1% and the next six ±0%.
Couvonges sits above 94% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (14%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couvonges 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Couvonges’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: 17% of the total.
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: 23%, a lower share than 97% 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, 2.5 people share a household. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
12% of homes are flats, below 83% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Couvonges has 4.9%. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 63 here (1.6%).
A median of €27,060 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,060 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Couvonges, 0.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Couvonges. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Couvonges
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 the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Couvonges has 27%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 156 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Couvonges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couvonges | 42.5 | 17% | 1.6% | 0.6% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 6.2 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 9.9 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 9.9 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 14.8 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
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 Couvonges
What is the population of Couvonges?
156 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (158).
How old are Couvonges’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couvonges?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couvonges?
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 Couvonges?
€27,060 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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