2.4% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 4% in Han-sur-Meuse. This Meuse town had 270 residents in 120 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 2.7% of homes are flats locally. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 93% 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 Han-sur-Meuse
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Han-sur-Meuse, 11% of its 150 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of empty homes trails 65% of compared French towns: 5.6%. Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.2% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 80% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Meuse town −8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns: 8.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Han-sur-Meuse 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Han-sur-Meuse has 26%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 44.8, higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Han-sur-Meuse
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,840 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.
The median standard of living in Han-sur-Meuse is €25,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Han-sur-Meuse. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 is 2.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Han-sur-Meuse
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married and 9.2% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.3% are widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 73% of compared French towns
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
Roughly two in ten: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (270 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Han-sur-Meuse is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han-sur-Meuse | 44.8 | 26% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 7.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 15.6 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Foug 2,628 · 17 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
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 Han-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Han-sur-Meuse?
270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (277).
How old are Han-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Han-sur-Meuse?
15, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Han-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Han-sur-Meuse?
€25,840 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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