Thonne-le-Thil sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (42%)
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 9% in Thonne-le-Thil. For Thonne-le-Thil, the census puts flats at 9.7%. The median age here is 40.6, lower than in 76% of compared French towns. The town had 277 residents in 120 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 Thonne-le-Thil
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Thonne-le-Thil (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 24% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Meuse. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thonne-le-Thil had 290 residents at the 2012 census and 277 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012: slower than 86% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Meuse town −8%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thonne-le-Thil 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Thonne-le-Thil and 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Single-parent households: 13%, a higher share than 83% 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 2.3 people each. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Thonne-le-Thil, 33%.
In Thonne-le-Thil, 13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% 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
Car-free households: one in nine, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Across Thonne-le-Thil, just over one in ten households have no car.
€22,440 a year: the median 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 Thonne-le-Thil’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Thonne-le-Thil, 24% of residents are immigrants, more than in 96% 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.
Here 20% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 56% of compared French towns: 25%
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
For Thonne-le-Thil, the census puts married residents at 43%.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Thonne-le-Thil
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 37%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (277 to 2,582 people), the 4th youngest
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).
Thonne-le-Thil sits below 4 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thonne-le-Thil | 40.6 | 20% | 9% | 24% |
| Carignan 2,680 · 9.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
| Longuyon 5,134 · 14.4 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 1.4% | 12% |
| Gorcy 2,971 · 14.9 mi | 40.5 | 15% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Cosnes-et-Romain 2,802 · 17.2 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 2% | 16% |
| Lexy 3,904 · 17.8 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Thonne-le-Thil
What is the population of Thonne-le-Thil?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (290).
How old are Thonne-le-Thil’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thonne-le-Thil?
14, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thonne-le-Thil?
INSEE counts 66 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 24% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thonne-le-Thil?
€22,440 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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