Thillombois is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.5
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 100% of households are headed by a retired person in Thillombois. Nearly a tenth of its homes are second homes; 13% of residents are immigrants. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town had 28 residents in 16 households 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 Thillombois
An older town
Half of Thillombois’ residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thillombois had 36 residents at the 2012 census and 28 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Thillombois’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 50% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −22% since 2012, 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −17%, then −7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%.
42% of residents are 65 or over, 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
■ Thillombois 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
63% women, 37% men
About 60 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.
Thillombois: 50% of households are one person living alone, above 94% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households here average 1.7 people each.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 16% of homes stand empty
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 census found that 7.1% of households have no car in Thillombois. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
The largest group of households: retired (100%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Thillombois: 13% of residents are immigrants, above 79% 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.
Nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
More single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Thillombois has fewer married residents than nearly three fifths of compared French towns, at 42%. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 43%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Thillombois has 17%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 28 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.
Thillombois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thillombois | 60.5 | 42% | 8.2% | 13% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 7.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 13.8 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 14.7 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 15 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 16.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 16.7 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
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 Thillombois
What is the population of Thillombois?
28 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (36).
How old are Thillombois’ residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 0% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thillombois?
2, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thillombois?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (8.3%). 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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