Rouvrois-sur-Meuse ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 40%
Here 1.3% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. 27% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 98% of compared French towns. Rouvrois-sur-Meuse is home to 194 residents in 77 households, by the 2023 Census. Second homes: 8.5% of the total.
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 Rouvrois-sur-Meuse
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rouvrois-sur-Meuse grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 62% 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 change was +15% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Meuse town −8%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouvrois-sur-Meuse 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Rouvrois-sur-Meuse’s residents are under 41.3, younger than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Rouvrois-sur-Meuse, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Rouvrois-sur-Meuse
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 here average 2.5 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 9.5% of homes are flats
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 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€24,330 a year: the median standard of living
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 €24,330 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. To put it in context, 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.
Rouvrois-sur-Meuse sits above 63% of compared French towns for married residents (45%)
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 figure for single residents is 24% in Rouvrois-sur-Meuse and 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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
28% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 194 to 2,582 people: this is the 6th youngest
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.
4 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Rouvrois-sur-Meuse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouvrois-sur-Meuse | 41.3 | 15% | 8.5% | 0.5% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 3.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 13.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 15.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 16.9 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 17 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 Rouvrois-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Rouvrois-sur-Meuse?
194 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (180).
How old are Rouvrois-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouvrois-sur-Meuse?
8, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouvrois-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouvrois-sur-Meuse?
€24,330 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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