Below 99% of compared French towns: 21% of households are one person living alone
4.1% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (19%). Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. Bettborn is home to 406 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Bettborn
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bettborn had 432 residents at the 2012 census and 406 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Bettborn behind 91% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Moselle town, the change came in two steps: −9% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 62% of compared French towns, at 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bettborn 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bettborn’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 52% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 15% of households are single parents
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
Households average 2.4 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 29%, more than in 73% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
9.4% of homes are flats, below 88% 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
Second homes: 1% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common empty homes are in Bettborn (9.4%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €27,890 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,890 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 21%, a higher share than 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Bettborn, 18%. The wider picture: 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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 make up 18% in Bettborn, less than in 98% 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
45% are married and 11% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 8.1% are widowed. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bettborn, 17%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (406 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Bettborn
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettborn | 44.4 | 19% | 1% | 1% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 4.8 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 9.9 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 11.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 13.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 13.8 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 16.1 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
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 Bettborn
What is the population of Bettborn?
406 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (432).
How old are Bettborn’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bettborn?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bettborn?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bettborn?
€27,890 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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