Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.5%
Second homes: 9.4% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For Saulvaux, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 30%. Few places have so few couples with children: 20% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. 111 residents in 52 households: that is Saulvaux at the 2023 Census.
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 Saulvaux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saulvaux had 122 residents at the 2012 census and 111 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saulvaux’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Saulvaux: −9%
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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Meuse.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Saulvaux is over 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saulvaux 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 73% of compared French towns: 9.5%. Residents aged 65 and over: 28% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Saulvaux: 9.4% of homes stand empty, above 75% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over one in ten households have no car.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Saulvaux
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
Locally, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. As a reference point, 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).
Saulvaux sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.7%)
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. Typically, 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, a share 93% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 22%
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 make up 26%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 111 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).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Saulvaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulvaux | 51.5 | 28% | 9.4% | 1.7% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 6.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 6.9 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 13.4 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Foug 2,628 · 14.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 14.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 17.7 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
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 Saulvaux
What is the population of Saulvaux?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (122).
How old are Saulvaux’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saulvaux?
6, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saulvaux?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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