Bettange ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 47%
4.4% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Bettange’s 91 households held 242 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 16%. Lower than in four fifths of compared French towns: 26% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Bettange
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 68% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Bettange is younger than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bettange 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5.3% in Bettange, less than in 98% 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. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Bettange has fewer one-person households than 91% of compared French towns, at 26%.
Households in social housing make up 1.1% in Bettange, less than in 99% 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
5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Few places have so few flats: 14% here, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. At 6.2%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,270 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 €26,270 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
21% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 89% 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 manual worker: 11% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bettange, 4.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 72% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Bettange has 3.3%. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 86% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 75% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bettange. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 242 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Bettange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettange | 40.8 | 16% | 0% | 4.1% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 3.8 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 4.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 8.6 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 9.4 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 9.9 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 10.9 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
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 Bettange
What is the population of Bettange?
242 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (221).
How old are Bettange’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bettange?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bettange?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bettange?
€26,270 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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