A larger share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
Here 5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. In Algrange, 62% of homes are flats. 44% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 82% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Algrange was home to 5,802 people in 2,790 households.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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 Algrange
Fewer residents than in 2012
Algrange had 6,381 residents at the 2012 census and 5,802 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 490 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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 −6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Younger than 65% of compared French towns: half of Algrange is under 42.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Algrange 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Single-parent households make up 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
More households without a car than 58% of compared French towns: 12%
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
One household in eight has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Lower than in 68% of compared French towns: 1.3% of homes are second homes.
A median of €23,920 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,920 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 22.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 91% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 69% of compared French towns: 29%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Algrange, 11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 75% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 8.1% in Algrange and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Algrange, 38%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Algrange ranks below 72% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 5,770 to 5,843 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Viry is the youngest (35.9); Montmorillon the oldest (57.4).
Algrange and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 Algrange
What is the population of Algrange?
5,802 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (6,381).
How old are Algrange’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Algrange?
44, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Algrange?
INSEE counts 650 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 470 foreign nationals (8.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Algrange?
€23,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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