In Bazoncourt, 44% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 2.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 6% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 526 people lived in Bazoncourt, in 200 households. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.5% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Bazoncourt
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 57% of compared French towns grew faster than Bazoncourt: +3%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Moselle town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns, at 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazoncourt 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.9, Bazoncourt is younger than 67% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 locally.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 16% in Bazoncourt, less than in 99% 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
The average household has 2.7 people. 5.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Empty homes make up 3.7% in Bazoncourt, less than in 91% 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
In the last two years, 4.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €30,020 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 Bazoncourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 20% 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: 13% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside 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).
Bazoncourt ranks below 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.6%
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bazoncourt ranks above 95% of compared French towns on married residents: 51%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Bazoncourt, 7.6% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 39% in Bazoncourt and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th youngest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bazoncourt and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazoncourt | 41.9 | 16% | 2.3% | 1.6% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 4.3 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Metz 122,572 · 9.1 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 9.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Marly 10,286 · 9.7 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 9.7 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 10.2 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Bazoncourt
What is the population of Bazoncourt?
526 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (510).
How old are Bazoncourt’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazoncourt?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazoncourt?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% 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 Bazoncourt?
€30,020 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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