Couples with children: 6.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Flats make up 2.4%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 171 residents and 77 households in Pouilly-sur-Meuse. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in four here (25%). Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
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 Pouilly-sur-Meuse
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pouilly-sur-Meuse, 26% of its 120 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pouilly-sur-Meuse had 207 residents at the 2012 census and 171 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 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.
A town of second homes: 26% of its homes
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 make up 12%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car make up about one in seven here (14%). The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Pouilly-sur-Meuse changed by −17% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −14% and the next six −4%.
Half of Pouilly-sur-Meuse is over 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pouilly-sur-Meuse 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
For Pouilly-sur-Meuse, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent 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
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Pouilly-sur-Meuse, 38%. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A typical living standard of €24,770 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 €24,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Pouilly-sur-Meuse, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 79% of compared French towns
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Pouilly-sur-Meuse has 13%. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 2.3% in Pouilly-sur-Meuse, less than in 74% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Pouilly-sur-Meuse has 5.3%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Pouilly-sur-Meuse
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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Pouilly-sur-Meuse has 20%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 171 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Pouilly-sur-Meuse: 1 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouilly-sur-Meuse | 45.9 | 25% | 26% | 5.3% |
| Carignan 2,680 · 7 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 13.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 17.9 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
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 Pouilly-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Pouilly-sur-Meuse?
171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (207).
How old are Pouilly-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouilly-sur-Meuse?
32, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouilly-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouilly-sur-Meuse?
€24,770 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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