17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 25%, Taillancourt is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, at 6.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The town had 126 residents in 55 households at the 2023 Census. 4.6% of homes are flats, or about one in 22.
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 Taillancourt
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taillancourt, 13% of its 82 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Taillancourt had 145 residents at the 2012 census and 126 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Taillancourt’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, more than in 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
The figure for second homes is 13% in Taillancourt and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 3.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 34% have stayed 30 years or more.
Taillancourt’s population moved −13% on 2012, less than in 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
The first five years brought −12%; the six to 2023, −1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
A median age of 51.2: Taillancourt is older than 87% 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
■ Taillancourt 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. Across Taillancourt, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Taillancourt sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (25%)
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Fewer couples with children than in 51% of compared French towns: 25%. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,240 a year in 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,240 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 57% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
In Taillancourt, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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 three quarters of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Here, 3% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 share of married residents is 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Taillancourt sits below 91% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Taillancourt, 22%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 126 to 2,582
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.
Taillancourt is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taillancourt | 51.2 | 26% | 13% | 3.8% |
| Foug 2,628 · 11.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 12.1 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 12.8 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 13.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 16.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Gondreville 2,635 · 16.9 mi | 47.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
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 Taillancourt
What is the population of Taillancourt?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (145).
How old are Taillancourt’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taillancourt?
11, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taillancourt?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taillancourt?
€24,240 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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