Marre: 40% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
2.7% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 12%. Lower than in 79% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person. At the 2023 Census, 183 people lived in Marre, in 74 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 Marre
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +15% since 2012 puts Marre ahead of 82% 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +14% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Meuse town −8%.
Younger than 84% of compared French towns: half of Marre is under 39.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marre 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Marre has 8.3%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 20%, a lower share than 99% 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
The average household has 2.5 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Flats: 1.2%, a lower share than 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
8.4% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Higher than in 68% of compared French towns: 3.6% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,550 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.
Living standards centre on €28,550 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: clerical and service workers (33%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.7%, a lower share than 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 59: 1.7% 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.
Marre sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (13%)
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
Married residents are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.6%
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
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 183 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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.
A younger town than 3 of the 4 around it: Marre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marre | 39.1 | 12% | 3.6% | 1.7% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 3.9 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 4.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 5.4 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Étain 3,375 · 15 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 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 Marre
What is the population of Marre?
183 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Marre’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marre?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marre?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marre?
€28,550 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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