Half of Lavoye is over 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%. 5.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 142 residents in 73 households.
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 Lavoye
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lavoye, 11% of its 110 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Lavoye’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lavoye had 150 residents at the 2012 census and 142 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lavoye, 21% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
11% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 89% 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
5.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Lavoye 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (29%), Lavoye is above 82% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 68% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. As a reference point, a quarter 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. One-person households make up 36%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,600 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,600 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Lavoye ranks above 68% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 36%
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 manager or professional: 7.1% here and 9.4% 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).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% of residents 15 and over are married
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 figure for single residents is 24% in Lavoye and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Lavoye (20%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 142 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Lavoye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavoye | 53.7 | 29% | 11% | 1.4% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 11 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 13.1 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 13.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 14.3 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 Lavoye
What is the population of Lavoye?
142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (150).
How old are Lavoye’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavoye?
12, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavoye?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavoye?
€25,600 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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