Demange-Baudignécourt ranks above 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 51%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 508 people lived in Demange-Baudignécourt, in 240 households. For Demange-Baudignécourt, the census puts flats at 8%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 4.2% here, fewer than in 99% 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 Demange-Baudignécourt
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Demange-Baudignécourt, 10% of its 310 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Demange-Baudignécourt had 611 residents at the 2012 census and 508 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Demange-Baudignécourt’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
The figure for households without a car is 7.1% in Demange-Baudignécourt and 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common empty homes are in Demange-Baudignécourt (13%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 66% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Demange-Baudignécourt changed by −17% 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
Over those years, the median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Demange-Baudignécourt is over 51.8, older than 88% 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
■ Demange-Baudignécourt 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, below 69% 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 2.1 people in the average household. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,360 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 median standard of living in Demange-Baudignécourt is €24,360 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Demange-Baudignécourt has 1.6%. Immigrants make up 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.
Demange-Baudignécourt ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Here 44% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Demange-Baudignécourt
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 86% of compared French towns: 28%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 508 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).
Demange-Baudignécourt sits below 2 of its 4 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demange-Baudignécourt | 51.8 | 26% | 10% | 2.7% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 9.7 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 13.7 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Foug 2,628 · 16.5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 17.4 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
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 Demange-Baudignécourt
What is the population of Demange-Baudignécourt?
508 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (611).
How old are Demange-Baudignécourt’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Demange-Baudignécourt?
32, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Demange-Baudignécourt?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Demange-Baudignécourt?
€24,360 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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