Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Dompierre-aux-Bois is over 60
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 39 residents in 19 households: that is Dompierre-aux-Bois at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of households have no car. Flats: 12% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Dompierre-aux-Bois
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dompierre-aux-Bois, 19% of its 24 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 75% 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 Dompierre-aux-Bois’ residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dompierre-aux-Bois had 43 residents at the 2012 census and 39 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dompierre-aux-Bois: 19% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of homes stand empty here. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of compared French towns, at 36%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dompierre-aux-Bois 60. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 14% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 20%, a lower share than 74% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, two in five households are one person living alone in Dompierre-aux-Bois. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
60% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Dompierre-aux-Bois. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Dompierre-aux-Bois’ residents
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.
Immigrants are rarer here 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.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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: 22%, below 75% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Dompierre-aux-Bois ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 7.7%
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
With adults with no qualification at 44%, Dompierre-aux-Bois is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 39 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Dompierre-aux-Bois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompierre-aux-Bois | 60 | 36% | 19% | 0% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 7.4 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 14.2 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 15.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Étain 3,375 · 15.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 15.8 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 16.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
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 Dompierre-aux-Bois
What is the population of Dompierre-aux-Bois?
39 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (43).
How old are Dompierre-aux-Bois’ residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dompierre-aux-Bois?
5, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dompierre-aux-Bois?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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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