A smaller share of one-person households than 93% of compared French towns: 25%
The share of households without a car is 5.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Dugny-sur-Meuse had 1,240 residents in 540 households at the 2023 Census. 7.2% of homes are flats, or about one in 14. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% here, fewer than in 89% 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 Dugny-sur-Meuse
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dugny-sur-Meuse had 1,294 residents at the 2012 census and 1,240 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Dugny-sur-Meuse has changed by −4%, slower than 85% 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.
Dugny-sur-Meuse is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dugny-sur-Meuse 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Dugny-sur-Meuse has 30%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
In Dugny-sur-Meuse, 3.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 91% 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
33% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.8% moved in within the last two years. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. What’s more, in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Dugny-sur-Meuse, 1.1%.
€26,540 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,540 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns: 35%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (16%), Dugny-sur-Meuse is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 7.3%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.4% of residents are immigrants
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 share of foreign nationals trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Dugny-sur-Meuse, 53%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Dugny-sur-Meuse
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Dugny-sur-Meuse has 17%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,240 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Dugny-sur-Meuse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dugny-sur-Meuse | 48.9 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 3.5 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 4.4 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 4.7 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Étain 3,375 · 13.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 16.4 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 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 Dugny-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Dugny-sur-Meuse?
1,240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,294).
How old are Dugny-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dugny-sur-Meuse?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dugny-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dugny-sur-Meuse?
€26,540 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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