Lemmes ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 37%
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 240 residents in 84 households. 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 44% in Lemmes and 14% in the typical compared French town.
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 Lemmes
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Lemmes’ residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lemmes changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 52% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
Lemmes is younger than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lemmes 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). On the census count, 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
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: 2.9 people. Lemmes has fewer single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns, at 6.3%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.1% of homes are flats
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
3.2% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. In Lemmes, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €26,190 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.
At €26,190 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns, at 37%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lemmes sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.4%)
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lemmes sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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
Single residents account for 24%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
On the census count, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 240 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.
Lemmes is the youngest (37.1); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 5 towns nearest Lemmes, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemmes | 37.1 | 13% | 3.2% | 0.4% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 7.7 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 7.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 8.7 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 16.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 17.2 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Lemmes
What is the population of Lemmes?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (230).
How old are Lemmes’ residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lemmes?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lemmes?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lemmes?
€26,190 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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