Le Neufour: 35% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
With a median age of 50, Le Neufour is older than 83% of compared French towns. The town’s 27 households held 52 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.6% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Le Neufour has 2%.
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 Le Neufour
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Neufour, 35% of its 48 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 94% 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
Le Neufour had 78 residents at the 2012 census and 52 in 2023, down 33%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 8.2% in Le Neufour, more than in 66% 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
Turnover: 14% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 18% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −33% change since 2012: slower than 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
The median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six −28%.
Le Neufour ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Neufour 50. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. A third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
Households headed by a retired person: 50%, a higher share than 97% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Le Neufour has 50%. Still, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Le Neufour, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% of compared French towns
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 share of single residents tops two thirds of compared French towns: 28%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 81% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (52 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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).
1 in 2 nearby towns have a higher median age than Le Neufour
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Neufour | 50 | 26% | 35% | 3.7% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 4.3 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 17.3 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
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 Le Neufour
What is the population of Le Neufour?
52 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% fewer than in 2012 (78).
How old are Le Neufour’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Neufour?
17, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Neufour?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% 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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