7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 110 households in Guerpont at the 2023 Census, home to 231 residents. Roughly two in ten: 18% of households are couples with children. Flats: 6.5% 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 Guerpont
Fewer residents than in 2012
Guerpont had 254 residents at the 2012 census and 231 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Guerpont’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Guerpont changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
The median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −7%.
Half of Guerpont is over 50.7, older than 85% 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
■ Guerpont 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Guerpont, 28% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Guerpont: 36% of households are one person living alone, above 54% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 9.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 72% of compared French towns: 7.2%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Long tenure is the mark of 45% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.4% (under two years). Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. On second homes, 1.5% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,370 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.
Living standards centre on €26,370 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
45% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Guerpont has 23%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.4%, against 4.3% 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. As a yardstick, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 64% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
The share of single residents is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Guerpont
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 231 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.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Guerpont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guerpont | 50.7 | 28% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 4.1 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 5.3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 12.8 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 15 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 15.2 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 17.2 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 Guerpont
What is the population of Guerpont?
231 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (254).
How old are Guerpont’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guerpont?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guerpont?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guerpont?
€26,370 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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