38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
7.6% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Meanwhile, more households headed by a manual worker than in 99% of compared French towns: 33%. There were 220 households in Arzviller at the 2023 Census, home to 516 residents. Locally, 9.6% of homes stand empty.
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 Arzviller
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 8.9% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arzviller had 551 residents at the 2012 census and 516 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Arzviller has changed by −6%, slower than 92% 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 −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Arzviller ranks below 83% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arzviller 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Arzviller has 20%. Half of the town’s residents are over 46, older than in 63% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Arzviller, 8.9%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Fewer households without a car than 88% of compared French towns: 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. There is little gap on second homes: 2.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,540 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.
Living standards centre on €26,540 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 27%, a lower share than 79% 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: nearly a tenth of the total. As a reference point, 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.4% of residents 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 Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Census figures put foreign nationals at 0.2% in Arzviller.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Arzviller ranks above 98% of compared French towns on married residents: 53%
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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Arzviller, 19%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Arzviller sits below 65% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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
For Arzviller, the census puts graduates of higher education at 30%. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 516 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Arzviller is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arzviller | 46 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.4% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 5.2 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 5.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 9.3 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 9.9 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 14 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 14.1 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
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 Arzviller
What is the population of Arzviller?
516 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (551).
How old are Arzviller’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arzviller?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arzviller?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% 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 Arzviller?
€26,540 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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