Above 95% of compared French towns: 37% of households are couples with children
By its share of households in social housing (0.9%), Vavincourt is below 99% of compared French towns. This Meuse town had 534 residents in 230 households at the 2023 census. Households without a car make up about one in 24 here (4.2%). On households headed by a retired person, Vavincourt sits higher than 93% of compared French towns: 45%.
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 Vavincourt
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.2% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Vavincourt ahead of 66% 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 population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
In Vavincourt, 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Vavincourt 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Vavincourt is 41.5, lower than in 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Vavincourt sits below 95% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.2%)
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 2.3 people. 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Vavincourt sits below 89% of compared French towns for flats (8.5%)
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of homes are second homes in Vavincourt. Empty homes make up about one in 12 here (8.4%). Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €27,750 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 Vavincourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,750 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.5% in Vavincourt, less than in 72% of compared French towns
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.2% of residents are foreign nationals
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 figure for immigrants is 2.8% in Vavincourt and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% 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.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Vavincourt, the census puts married residents at 43%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 32% in Vavincourt, more than in 56% 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
In Vavincourt, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (534 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Vavincourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vavincourt | 41.5 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.8% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 10.8 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 15.8 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 15.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 17.1 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 17.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 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 Vavincourt
What is the population of Vavincourt?
534 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (490).
How old are Vavincourt’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vavincourt?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vavincourt?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vavincourt?
€27,750 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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