Varnéville sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.9%)
In Varnéville, 25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 8.3% of households have no car, a lower share than in 64% of compared French towns. The town is home to 49 residents in 24 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put empty homes at 8.8% locally.
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 Varnéville
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Varnéville, 21% of its 34 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 86% 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
Varnéville had 55 residents at the 2012 census and 49 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Varnéville’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 45% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 21% in Varnéville, more than in 93% 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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Varnéville changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Meuse town −8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Varnéville is older than 65% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Varnéville 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Varnéville, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 63 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Varnéville: 25% of households are single parents, above 99% 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
Here 50% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. On average, 2 people share a household.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 50%
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).
Immigrants make up 0% of Varnéville’s residents
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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Varnéville, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
A third of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 7.5%, a lower share than 99% 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
13% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (49 to 2,582 people), the 18th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Varnéville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varnéville | 46.3 | 22% | 21% | 0% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 5.4 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 8.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Foug 2,628 · 14.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 16.3 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 17.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson 4,659 · 18 mi | 39.2 | 20% | 0.5% | 13% |
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 Varnéville
What is the population of Varnéville?
49 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (55).
How old are Varnéville’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Varnéville?
7, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Varnéville?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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