A median age of 55.5: Ornes is older than 95% of compared French towns
The 2023 Census counted 9 residents in 4 households. 50% more people than in 2012.
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 Ornes
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 1 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ornes, 21% of its 5 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
100% of Ornes’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 100% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Growing fast
Ornes had 6 residents at the 2012 census and 9 in 2023, up 50%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ornes’ residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 14% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 0% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ornes sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (21%)
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
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+50% since 2012, a pace 99% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Meuse town −8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −17%; 2017 to 2023, +80%.
43% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ornes 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 93% of compared French towns: 14%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
29% women, 71% men
About 40 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 100%, a higher 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 100%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Ornes are immigrants
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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 43% of residents 15 and over are single
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
29% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Ornes sits below 94% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (17%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Ornes has 17%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 9 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Ornes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ornes | 55.5 | 14% | 21% | 0% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 6.7 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 7.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 7.8 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Étain 3,375 · 7.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Bouligny 2,507 · 12.6 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Longuyon 5,134 · 14.3 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 1.4% | 12% |
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 Ornes
What is the population of Ornes?
9 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 50% more than in 2012 (6).
How old are Ornes’ residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ornes?
1, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ornes?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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