44% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
3.2% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Cheminot had 833 residents in 320 households at the 2023 census. Households in social housing: 0.3% of the total. On flats, Cheminot sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 9%.
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 Cheminot
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Cheminot had 684 residents at the 2012 census and 833 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +22% since 2012, faster than 92% 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 Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +13% and the next six +7%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 14%, a lower share than 93% 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
■ Cheminot 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.4% in Cheminot. With a median age of 40.1, Cheminot is younger than 79% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 19% in Cheminot, less than in 99% 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 typical household size is 2.6 people. On single-parent households, Cheminot sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 12%. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of second homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.3%
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
With empty homes at 5.7%, Cheminot is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
€28,880 a year: the median 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,880 a year: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 23%, a lower share than 88% 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
Here 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker come to 12% in Cheminot, about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cheminot ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.2%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 91% of compared French towns: 1.2%. As a yardstick, 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.
In Cheminot, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Cheminot has 21%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Graduates of higher education: 36%, above 69% of compared French towns. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 833 to 2,582 people: this is the 3rd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Cheminot, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheminot | 40.1 | 14% | 0.3% | 2.2% |
| Pont-à-Mousson 14,190 · 4.7 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 5.9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson 4,659 · 6.1 mi | 39.2 | 20% | 0.5% | 13% |
| Marly 10,286 · 8.2 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Dieulouard 4,581 · 8.3 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.8% | 4.8% |
| Ars-sur-Moselle 4,616 · 9.4 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.6% |
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 Cheminot
What is the population of Cheminot?
833 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (684).
How old are Cheminot’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cheminot?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cheminot?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cheminot?
€28,880 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.