More couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 39%
By its share of households in social housing (0.8%), Béchy is below 99% of compared French towns. Its 230 households held 615 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Béchy, 2.7% of households have no car. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
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 Béchy
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Béchy’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Béchy outgrew 68% of compared French towns: +10%
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%. The change was +12% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Béchy is younger than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Béchy 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
15% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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 2.6 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 76% of compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 67% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Fewer second homes than in half of compared French towns: 2.1%.
A median standard of living of €28,120 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 €28,120 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Béchy has 17%. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
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 make up 1.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
44% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 59% 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
Single residents are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 87% 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 33%, Béchy is ahead of three fifths of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 615 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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: Béchy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béchy | 38.7 | 15% | 2.1% | 3.3% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 8.7 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 10.5 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 10.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Marly 10,286 · 11.5 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Metz 122,572 · 12.2 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 12.6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
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 Béchy
What is the population of Béchy?
615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (561).
How old are Béchy’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béchy?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béchy?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béchy?
€28,120 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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