Ville-sur-Cousances sits below 97% of compared French towns for flats (4.4%)
The median age in Ville-sur-Cousances is 50.2, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. In Ville-sur-Cousances, 5.7% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census, 126 people lived locally, in 66 households. With one-person households at 45%, Ville-sur-Cousances is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Ville-sur-Cousances
Empty homes
The census found 9 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.
Ville-sur-Cousances’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 62% 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 +20% from 2012 to 2017 and −10% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Meuse town −8%.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ville-sur-Cousances 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Ville-sur-Cousances, about one in ten. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 68 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Ville-sur-Cousances: 27% of households are couples with children, above 61% 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. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
12% of homes stand empty, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of homes are second homes here. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 7.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €23,660 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 residents live in households above €23,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 75% 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. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 36% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Ville-sur-Cousances are immigrants
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 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.
A higher share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 49%
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
By its share of single residents (30%), Ville-sur-Cousances is above 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 4 towns nearest Ville-sur-Cousances, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ville-sur-Cousances | 50.2 | 30% | 1.1% | 0% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 10.2 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 10.9 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 11.4 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 12.2 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Ville-sur-Cousances
What is the population of Ville-sur-Cousances?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (117).
How old are Ville-sur-Cousances’ residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ville-sur-Cousances?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ville-sur-Cousances?
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%.
What is the median income in Ville-sur-Cousances?
€23,660 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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