A lower share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 16%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households without a car than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.8%. 140 residents in 62 households: that is Velosnes at the 2023 Census. Here, just over two in five households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Velosnes
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Velosnes, 15% of its 73 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Velosnes (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 44% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Meuse. 43% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Velosnes had 165 residents at the 2012 census and 140 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.7% of homes are flats in Velosnes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Velosnes, the census puts second homes at 15%. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Velosnes has changed by −15%, slower than 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 ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −15% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Meuse town −8%.
15% of residents are 15 to 24, more 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
■ Velosnes 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Velosnes is 43.7, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 8.3%, a lower share than 76% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone. At 25%, the share of couples with children is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €30,510 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.
At €30,510 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Above 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person
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. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 44%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Velosnes comes in at 43%. Typically, 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.
More single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Velosnes
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 140 to 2,582
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.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Velosnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Velosnes
What is the population of Velosnes?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (165).
How old are Velosnes’ residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Velosnes?
11, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Velosnes?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 44% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (43%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Velosnes?
€30,510 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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