Cattenom ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 4.5%
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person here. For Cattenom, the census puts households without a car at 5.5%. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in 79% of compared French towns. This Moselle town had 2,580 residents in 1,120 households at 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 Cattenom
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cattenom had 2,749 residents at the 2012 census and 2,580 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.
Cattenom’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 18% in Cattenom, less than in 77% 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
■ Cattenom 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Cattenom. Add to that, with a median age of 41.8, Cattenom is younger than two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Cattenom ranks below 68% of compared French towns on one-person households: 32%
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 2.3 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Cattenom sits higher than 73% of compared French towns: 12%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Cattenom has 28%.
Cattenom ranks above 59% of compared French towns on flats: 36%
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
One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. The census found that 1.7% of homes are second homes in Cattenom.
The median resident lives on €32,900 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €32,900 a year: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 11.0%.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 74% 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
On households headed by a manual worker, Cattenom sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 14%. Against that, 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).
6.4% of Cattenom’s residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Cattenom (6.4%). At 4.4%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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.
A lower share of single residents than 60% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
The share of married residents stands at 43%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Cattenom sits above 66% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (35%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below 63% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,556 to 2,606
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Eymet the oldest (61.2).
Older than Cattenom: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattenom | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Manom 3,137 · 3.7 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Hettange-Grande 7,772 · 4.1 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 2% | 10% |
| Yutz 17,391 · 4.3 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Thionville 42,658 · 5.2 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Terville 7,801 · 6.6 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 1.2% | 14% |
| Bertrange 2,941 · 6.9 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
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 Cattenom
What is the population of Cattenom?
2,580 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,749).
How old are Cattenom’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cattenom?
22, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cattenom?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cattenom?
€32,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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