A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
29% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. At 3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Lahaymeix’s population at 76, in 34 households. Across Lahaymeix, 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Lahaymeix
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lahaymeix, 17% of its 49 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
Lahaymeix had 92 residents at the 2012 census and 76 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 17%, a higher share than 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Lahaymeix, the census puts empty homes at 15%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Lahaymeix changed by −17% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −8% in Meuse. Here the change came as −20% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Half of Lahaymeix is over 45.5, older than 60% 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
■ Lahaymeix 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 29%, a higher share than 68% 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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (57%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
With married residents at 48%, Lahaymeix is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Lahaymeix ranks below 92% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Lahaymeix, about two in ten. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (76 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Lahaymeix is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahaymeix | 45.5 | 23% | 17% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 6.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 14.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 15 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 16 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 16.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 16.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
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 Lahaymeix
What is the population of Lahaymeix?
76 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (92).
How old are Lahaymeix’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lahaymeix?
8, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lahaymeix?
INSEE counts 1 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%.
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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