More households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Riaville’s population at 51, in 23 households. Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. 7.7% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Riaville outgrew 83% of compared French towns: +16%
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 −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +19% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Meuse town −8%.
Riaville is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Riaville 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 25%
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 2.2 people. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 3.9% in Riaville, less than in 89% 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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Riaville, the census puts flats at 12%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a third 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).
0% of residents in Riaville 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.
Foreign nationals 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.
29% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Riaville has 39%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Riaville ranks below 95% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 10%
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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 51 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Riaville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riaville | 47.5 | 24% | 7.7% | 0% |
| Étain 3,375 · 8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Jarny 8,050 · 10.2 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 0.7% | 5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 13.2 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Bouligny 2,507 · 13.7 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 13.8 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 14.8 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
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 Riaville
What is the population of Riaville?
51 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (44).
How old are Riaville’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Riaville?
2, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Riaville?
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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