Cappel sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.7%)
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are one person living alone here. Households headed by a manual worker come to 22% in Cappel, about two in ten. Half of the town’s residents are over 50.1, older than in 83% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 676 residents and 290 households 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.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% 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
■ Cappel 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Cappel has 24%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns, at 7%
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Cappel has 31%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Cappel sits below 85% of compared French towns for households without a car (5.4%)
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty in Cappel. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 0.3%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Here, 17% of homes are flats.
Half above, half below €26,360 a year in standard of living
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 €26,360 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, a higher share than 86% 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 manager or professional is 5.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 77% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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.
The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 4.7% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Cappel, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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
With single residents at 19%, Cappel is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Cappel comes in at 21%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 676 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.
Cappel is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cappel | 50.1 | 24% | 0.3% | 4.7% |
| Farébersviller 5,224 · 3.5 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.7% | 28% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 3.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 5.1 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Cocheren 3,358 · 5.3 mi | 48 | 27% | 0.7% | 8.1% |
| Hombourg-Haut 5,976 · 5.4 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1% | 15% |
| Freyming-Merlebach 13,266 · 5.7 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.6% | 17% |
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 Cappel
What is the population of Cappel?
676 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (689).
How old are Cappel’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cappel?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cappel?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cappel?
€26,360 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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