A median age of 37.1: Thierville-sur-Meuse is younger than 91% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 17% of homes are flats in Thierville-sur-Meuse. At the 2023 Census, 3,172 people lived locally, in 1,180 households. The share of households in social housing stands at 7.5%. 36% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 69% of compared French towns.
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 Thierville-sur-Meuse
A young town
Half of Thierville-sur-Meuse’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 15% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Thierville-sur-Meuse changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 52% 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: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
In Thierville-sur-Meuse, 19% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 98% 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
■ Thierville-sur-Meuse 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents are 65 or over here. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 68% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Thierville-sur-Meuse.
In Thierville-sur-Meuse, 9.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 59% 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
One household in 11 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). In Thierville-sur-Meuse, 2.6% of homes are second homes.
A median of €25,110 a year per consumption unit
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 Thierville-sur-Meuse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 11.0% of residents.
Above 56% of compared French towns: 15% 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
One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Thierville-sur-Meuse ranks below 90% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.3%
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.
By its share of immigrants (2.9%), Thierville-sur-Meuse is below 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
32% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Thierville-sur-Meuse, 41%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Thierville-sur-Meuse, less than in 85% 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
Adults with no qualification: 19% of the total. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 3,152 to 3,192 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.
At the ends of the range sit Longperrier (33.7), the youngest, and Meschers-sur-Gironde (66.1), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Thierville-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thierville-sur-Meuse | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 1.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 1.6 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Étain 3,375 · 12.9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
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 Thierville-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Thierville-sur-Meuse?
3,172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,041).
How old are Thierville-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thierville-sur-Meuse?
33, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thierville-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 93 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thierville-sur-Meuse?
€25,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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