In Halles-sous-les-Côtes, 28% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children tops 79% of compared French towns: 31%. Halles-sous-les-Côtes is home to 138 residents in 63 households, by the 2023 Census. 38% of households are headed by a retired person. At 17%, the share of flats is lower than in 73% 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 Halles-sous-les-Côtes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Halles-sous-les-Côtes, 16% of its 110 homes: higher than in 92% 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
Halles-sous-les-Côtes had 156 residents at the 2012 census and 138 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 homes empty (28%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Halles-sous-les-Côtes: 16% of homes are second homes, above 92% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The census found that 6.3% of households have no car in Halles-sous-les-Côtes.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Halles-sous-les-Côtes: −12%
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Meuse town −8%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 16%, a higher share than 97% 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
■ Halles-sous-les-Côtes 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Halles-sous-les-Côtes’s residents are under 42.7, younger than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Halles-sous-les-Côtes ranks below 83% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.7%
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Few places have as many one-person households: 38% here, more than in 64% of compared French towns. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,300 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,300 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Halles-sous-les-Côtes: 31% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
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 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Halles-sous-les-Côtes has 38%. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 97% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Halles-sous-les-Côtes. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 138 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Halles-sous-les-Côtes and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halles-sous-les-Côtes | 42.7 | 21% | 16% | 1.4% |
| Carignan 2,680 · 12.9 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
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 Halles-sous-les-Côtes
What is the population of Halles-sous-les-Côtes?
138 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (156).
How old are Halles-sous-les-Côtes’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Halles-sous-les-Côtes?
18, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Halles-sous-les-Côtes?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Halles-sous-les-Côtes?
€26,300 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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