Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.1% of residents are 65 or over
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Verneuil-Petit. In 2023, the Census found 113 residents here, living in 50 households. Here, 5.6% of households have no car. The town has fewer flats than 85% of compared French towns, at 11%.
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 Verneuil-Petit
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Verneuil-Petit (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 45% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Meuse. 38% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Verneuil-Petit had 131 residents at the 2012 census and 113 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Verneuil-Petit behind 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Meuse town −8%.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 15% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verneuil-Petit 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Verneuil-Petit is 41.7, lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Verneuil-Petit: 36% of households are couples with children, above 95% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Average household size: 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Verneuil-Petit.
12% of homes stand empty, more than in 90% 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
With second homes at 4.1%, Verneuil-Petit is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
45% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 93% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third 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).
45% of residents are immigrants, more than in 99% 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.
38% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 35%
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
32% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 10%, a lower share than 94% 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
With graduates of higher education at 22%, Verneuil-Petit is behind four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 113 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.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Verneuil-Petit
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 Verneuil-Petit
What is the population of Verneuil-Petit?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (131).
How old are Verneuil-Petit’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 9.1% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verneuil-Petit?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verneuil-Petit?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 45% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (38%). 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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