More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 67%
Here 4.4% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. 33% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a higher share than in 98% of compared French towns. There were 17 households in Duzey at the 2023 Census, home to 46 residents. In Duzey, one in ten homes stand empty.
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 Duzey
A town of families
67% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Duzey had 50 residents at the 2012 census and 46 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Duzey’s residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 95% of compared French towns grew faster than Duzey: −8%
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 change was −16% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Meuse town −8%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of compared French towns: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Duzey 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Duzey’s residents are under 38.5, younger than in 86% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
62% women, 38% men
About 61 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The average household has 2.7 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 95% of compared French towns: 5%
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
Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 5.9% in Duzey. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 55% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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.
Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 4.4% of residents are foreign nationals. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
More single residents than 84% of compared French towns: 31%
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 46% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns: 15%
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
35% of Duzey’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 46 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Duzey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Duzey
What is the population of Duzey?
46 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (50).
How old are Duzey’s residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Duzey?
1, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Duzey?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (4.4%). 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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