1.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%, below 95% of compared French towns. Thillot counted 203 residents and 100 households at the 2023 Census. 16% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in six. Couples with children are rarer here than in 88% 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 Thillot
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thillot, 10% of its 120 homes: higher than in 88% 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
Thillot had 245 residents at the 2012 census and 203 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Thillot’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 10%
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
By its share of households without a car (5.1%), Thillot is below 87% of compared French towns. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 8.7% of homes stand empty, or about one in 11.
A change of −17% since 2012 leaves Thillot 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
The change was −5% from 2012 to 2017 and −13% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Thillot is over 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thillot 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, above 73% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
16% of households are single parents, more than in 97% 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 average 2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. 37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 58% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €24,740 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.
Living standards centre on €24,740 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1% of residents are immigrants in Thillot
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Thillot, 1%. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Single residents: 31%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Thillot has 22%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Thillot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thillot | 51.1 | 26% | 10% | 1% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 11 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Étain 3,375 · 13.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Jarny 8,050 · 13.1 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 0.7% | 5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 15.4 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 16.2 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 16.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 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 Thillot
What is the population of Thillot?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (245).
How old are Thillot’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thillot?
13, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thillot?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thillot?
€24,740 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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