Lérouville sits above 89% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Lérouville. 16% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 75% of compared French towns. The town had 1,358 residents in 620 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 8.3% of households are single parents in the 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 Lérouville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lérouville had 1,480 residents at the 2012 census and 1,358 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 88 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 95% of compared French towns: Lérouville changed by −8% since 2012
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 first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −5%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of compared French towns, at 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lérouville 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. On top of that, with a median age of 45, Lérouville is older than 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 56% of compared French towns: 34%
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. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing make up 16% in Lérouville, more than in 64% 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
One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Elsewhere, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
A median standard of living of €22,740 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.
At €22,740 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Lérouville ranks above 85% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 41%
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
20% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The wider picture: 32% 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).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 44% in Lérouville, more than in 57% 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
For Lérouville, the census puts single residents at 26%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 44% and 6.4%, and 6.9% are widowed.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,358 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Lérouville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lérouville | 45 | 24% | 2% | 1.2% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 2.7 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 7.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 12.3 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Foug 2,628 · 13.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 16.1 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 17.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
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 Lérouville
What is the population of Lérouville?
1,358 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,480).
How old are Lérouville’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lérouville?
15, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lérouville?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lérouville?
€22,740 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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