More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 40%
Flats: 3.4% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 51 residents and 21 households in Rupt-sur-Othain. 6% fewer people than in 2012.
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 Rupt-sur-Othain
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 20% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Rupt-sur-Othain (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Meuse. 12% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rupt-sur-Othain had 54 residents at the 2012 census and 51 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 90% 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: −19% from 2012 to 2017, then +16% to 2023.
Rupt-sur-Othain is older than 51% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rupt-sur-Othain 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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, 10% of households are single parents; in Rupt-sur-Othain, 20%. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Rupt-sur-Othain: 24% of homes stand empty, above 99% 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
33% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.8% moved in within the last two years. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 3.4%.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (20%), Rupt-sur-Othain is above 88% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a retired person, Rupt-sur-Othain sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 40%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 18%, a higher share than 90% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Rupt-sur-Othain comes in at 12%. As a yardstick, 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 94% 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
With adults with no qualification at 25%, Rupt-sur-Othain is ahead of 78% of compared French towns on that count. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 51 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Rupt-sur-Othain and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Rupt-sur-Othain
What is the population of Rupt-sur-Othain?
51 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (54).
How old are Rupt-sur-Othain’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rupt-sur-Othain?
1, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rupt-sur-Othain?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (12%). 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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