A larger share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
Half of Vaucouleurs’s residents are over 47.8, older than in 73% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,906 residents here, living in 870 households. Households headed by a manual worker account for 24%. By its share of households without a car (18%), Vaucouleurs is above 77% 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 Vaucouleurs
Empty homes
The census found 190 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vaucouleurs had 2,034 residents at the 2012 census and 1,906 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 92% 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 −4%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% 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
■ Vaucouleurs 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 71% of compared French towns: 9.6%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Vaucouleurs sits below 69% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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
Two in five households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. At 9.2%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 59% of compared French towns: 25%
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 six, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the last two years, 14% of households moved in; at the other end, 24% have stayed 30 years or more. 2.9% of homes are second homes, more than in 60% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,190 a year
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 Vaucouleurs’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,190 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Vaucouleurs comes in at 37%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Vaucouleurs, 4.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 68% of compared French towns: 40%
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
27% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Vaucouleurs, 33%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 1,906 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Vaucouleurs and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaucouleurs | 47.8 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.8% |
| Foug 2,628 · 7.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 10.2 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 11.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 11.4 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Gondreville 2,635 · 15 mi | 47.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 16.7 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
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 Vaucouleurs
What is the population of Vaucouleurs?
1,906 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,034).
How old are Vaucouleurs’ residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaucouleurs?
31, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaucouleurs?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaucouleurs?
€23,190 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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