One-person households: 19%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8%), Bermering is below 93% of compared French towns. Fewer flats than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%. In 2023, the Census found 199 residents in the town, living in 81 households. The census found that 6.1% of households have no car here.
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 Bermering
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bermering had 244 residents at the 2012 census and 199 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Bermering changed by −18% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%. The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, −12%.
Half of Bermering is over 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bermering 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 25% of residents are 65 or over in Bermering.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 31%, more than in 81% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
13% of homes stand empty, a share 92% 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
The share of second homes is 3.1%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 45%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
At the median, €23,910 a year to live on
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.
At €23,910 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 38% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 38% in Bermering. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4% in Bermering, less than in 74% 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 median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bermering: 60% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% of compared French towns
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
Here 17% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 96% 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 adults with no qualification is 23% in Bermering and 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
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).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Bermering
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermering | 49.9 | 25% | 3.1% | 4% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 3.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 8.5 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 9.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 10.1 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 10.6 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 10.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
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 Bermering
What is the population of Bermering?
199 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (244).
How old are Bermering’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bermering?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bermering?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bermering?
€23,910 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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