Bouzonville ranks above 95% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Bouzonville has 29%. 4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 20. Higher than in 69% of compared French towns: 45% of homes are flats. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 3,721, in 1,580 households.
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 Bouzonville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouzonville had 4,033 residents at the 2012 census and 3,721 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 600 immigrants in Bouzonville (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 10% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 280 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouzonville’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 94% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouzonville 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Bouzonville is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 27%, a higher share than 60% 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
At 9.3%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Bouzonville sits above 57% of compared French towns for households without a car (12%)
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: 1.4%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,140 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 residents live in households above €22,140 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 25.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.5% in Bouzonville, less than in 81% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 9.4% of 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).
More immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 17%
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.
With foreign nationals at 10%, Bouzonville is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. By way of 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.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 80% 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 account for 26%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bouzonville, 28%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,691 to 3,751 people, the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Lourches (35.1), the youngest, and Cabourg (63.9), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Bouzonville, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouzonville | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 8.1 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 9.5 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 9.7 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Carling 3,291 · 12.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| L'Hôpital 5,183 · 13 mi | 44 | 22% | 0.8% | 9.4% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 13.4 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 Bouzonville
What is the population of Bouzonville?
3,721 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (4,033).
How old are Bouzonville’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouzonville?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouzonville?
INSEE counts 630 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 380 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouzonville?
€22,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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