Photo: Paul.schrepfer · CC BY-SA 4.04.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 91% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children is 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in three quarters of compared French towns: 9.4% of homes stand empty. Clouange’s 1,890 households held 3,824 residents at the 2023 Census. 58% of homes are flats.
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.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 71% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Moselle town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −9%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 59% of compared French towns: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Clouange 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Clouange, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The median age in the town is 44.2, higher than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 41% in Clouange, more than in 74% 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
Households average 2 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 64% of compared French towns: 11%.
Second homes make up 0.8% in Clouange, less than in 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
The share of households without a car tops 61% of compared French towns: 13%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
The median resident lives on €23,890 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,890 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 19.0% of residents.
Clouange: 37% of households are headed by a retired person, above 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 17% in Clouange and 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Clouange: 13% of residents are immigrants, above 82% of compared French towns
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (9.2%), Clouange is above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Across the 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 71% 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
27% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 Clouange comes in at 24%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,793 to 3,855 people), the 18th 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 38.6 in Argonay to 68.1 in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer.
Clouange and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clouange | 44.2 | 23% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Rombas 9,371 · 0.9 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 15% |
| Vitry-sur-Orne 2,884 · 0.9 mi | 42.4 | 18% | 0.7% | 9.2% |
| Amnéville 10,875 · 1.7 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Gandrange 3,031 · 1.8 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 1% | 6.8% |
| Moyeuvre-Grande 7,311 · 2.5 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 0.6% | 12% |
| Fameck 14,788 · 3 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 0.6% | 21% |
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 Clouange
What is the population of Clouange?
3,824 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,834).
How old are Clouange’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clouange?
17, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clouange?
INSEE counts 510 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 350 foreign nationals (9.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clouange?
€23,890 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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