Lachaussée ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.8%
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 4.4% in Lachaussée and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing account for 1.9%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 87% of compared French towns: 8.6%. Its 120 households held 271 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Lachaussée
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lachaussée, 14% of its 160 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 62% 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.
Lachaussée sits above 91% of compared French towns for second homes (14%)
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 tops 65% of compared French towns: 8.1%. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Fewer flats than in 80% of compared French towns: 14%.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 60% 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 ±0%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 75% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lachaussée 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Lachaussée is 45.5, higher than in 60% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.4%
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
One-person households make up 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In Lachaussée, 28% of households are couples with children.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,740 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 Lachaussée’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,740 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Only 27% of households are headed by a retired person in Lachaussée
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: 17% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Lachaussée comes in at 1.2%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
44% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 55% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Census figures put single residents at 26% in Lachaussée. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
Just over a third of Lachaussée’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 271 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lachaussée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachaussée | 45.5 | 18% | 14% | 2% |
| Jarny 8,050 · 8.9 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 0.7% | 5% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 9.8 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Ars-sur-Moselle 4,616 · 11.9 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes 4,519 · 13.7 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.6% |
| Pont-à-Mousson 14,190 · 13.9 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Auboué 2,650 · 14.2 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 0.7% | 9.2% |
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 Lachaussée
What is the population of Lachaussée?
271 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (265).
How old are Lachaussée’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lachaussée?
23, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lachaussée?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lachaussée?
€27,740 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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