Sassey-sur-Meuse: 27% of homes are second homes, above 95% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (5.9%), Sassey-sur-Meuse is below 94% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Meuse town counted 93 residents and 43 households at the 2023 Census. Across Sassey-sur-Meuse, 22% of households are couples with children.
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 Sassey-sur-Meuse
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sassey-sur-Meuse, 27% of its 83 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sassey-sur-Meuse had 109 residents at the 2012 census and 93 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 without a car come to 11% in Sassey-sur-Meuse, about one in ten. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Sassey-sur-Meuse changed by −15% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then −10% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −8% in Meuse.
Sassey-sur-Meuse is older than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sassey-sur-Meuse 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
44% of households are one person living alone, a share 82% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There are 2.2 people in the average household. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
A third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4% of residents are immigrants in Sassey-sur-Meuse
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.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 83% 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
In Sassey-sur-Meuse, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Sassey-sur-Meuse sits below 99% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (6.3%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 34% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 93 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Sassey-sur-Meuse and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassey-sur-Meuse | 46.5 | 24% | 27% | 4% |
| Carignan 2,680 · 15.3 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
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 Sassey-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Sassey-sur-Meuse?
93 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (109).
How old are Sassey-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sassey-sur-Meuse?
23, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sassey-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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