Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
In Revigny-sur-Ornain, 18% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Revigny-sur-Ornain (27%). Households without a car are more common here than in 79% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,499 people lived here, in 1,280 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 Revigny-sur-Ornain
Fewer residents than in 2012
Revigny-sur-Ornain had 3,005 residents at the 2012 census and 2,499 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 190 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.
−17% since 2012, a pace below 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −8% for the median Meuse town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
Half of Revigny-sur-Ornain is over 47.5, older than 72% 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
■ Revigny-sur-Ornain 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 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%.
45% of households are one person living alone, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households average 1.9 people. Lower than in 67% of compared French towns: 9% of households are single parents. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 12%, a higher share than 90% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. More households in social housing than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 17%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in six, where the median compared French town has 11%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,750 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,750 a year: lower than in 83% of compared French towns. 20.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, a higher share than 87% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 18%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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).
Immigrants make up 6.4% of Revigny-sur-Ornain’s residents
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 21 here (4.7%). That is lower than in just over half 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.
In Revigny-sur-Ornain, 26% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 58% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Revigny-sur-Ornain sits below 87% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (28%), Revigny-sur-Ornain is above 86% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Revigny-sur-Ornain sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revigny-sur-Ornain | 47.5 | 27% | 1.6% | 6.4% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 8.9 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 13 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 13.4 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
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 Revigny-sur-Ornain
What is the population of Revigny-sur-Ornain?
2,499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (3,005).
How old are Revigny-sur-Ornain’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Revigny-sur-Ornain?
24, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Revigny-sur-Ornain?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Revigny-sur-Ornain?
€22,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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