Younger than 94% of compared French towns: half of Ronvaux is under 36.2
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Ronvaux comes in at 2.1%. 105 residents in 43 households: that is Ronvaux at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person: 44% of the total. Empty homes are rarer here than in 98% 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 Ronvaux
A young town
Half of Ronvaux’s residents are under 36.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Ronvaux outgrew 71% of compared French towns: +11%
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
Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then +19% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −8% in Meuse.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.7% in Ronvaux, less than in 98% 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
■ Ronvaux 36.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Ronvaux, 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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
Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. On average, 2.4 people share a household. Ronvaux has fewer one-person households than 59% of compared French towns, at 33%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.3% of households have no car
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 that moved in under two years ago: 14%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 12%. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 6.4% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 81% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €26,390 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 €26,390 a year: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (44%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.9%, a lower share than 93% 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.
Here 1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Against that, 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 lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 married residents (53%), Ronvaux is above 97% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Ronvaux, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 105 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.
Ronvaux is the youngest (36.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Ronvaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronvaux | 36.2 | 19% | 6.4% | 1.9% |
| Étain 3,375 · 7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 7.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 8.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 9.3 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Bouligny 2,507 · 14.2 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Jarny 8,050 · 14.8 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 0.7% | 5% |
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 Ronvaux
What is the population of Ronvaux?
105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (95).
How old are Ronvaux’s residents?
The median age is 36.2, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ronvaux?
3, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ronvaux?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ronvaux?
€26,390 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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