Flats: 1.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 19% in Mauvages and 22% in the typical compared French town. The town has fewer households without a car than 78% of compared French towns, at 6.4%. 236 residents in 110 households: that is Mauvages at the 2023 Census. Across Mauvages, 5.7% of homes are second homes.
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 Mauvages
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mauvages had 287 residents at the 2012 census and 236 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Mauvages: −18%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −8% in Meuse. Here the change came as −10% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 76% of compared French towns: 9.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mauvages 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.3, Mauvages is older than 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 41%
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
At 9.1%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Mauvages sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 23%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Mauvages sits above 97% of compared French towns for empty homes (16%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Turnover: 9.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Half above, half below €23,790 a year in standard of living
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 €23,790 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
41% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 14%, Mauvages is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 18% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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 nearly four fifths of compared French towns. On the census count, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 50%
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
By its share of single residents (21%), Mauvages is below 87% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Mauvages ranks below 84% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Mauvages comes in at 23%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 236 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Mauvages
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauvages | 44.3 | 19% | 5.7% | 3.4% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 11.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 12.3 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Foug 2,628 · 12.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 15.1 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 16.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 17.8 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
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 Mauvages
What is the population of Mauvages?
236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (287).
How old are Mauvages’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mauvages?
8, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mauvages?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mauvages?
€23,790 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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