Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of households have no car here. At the 2023 Census Colmen was home to 207 people in 94 households. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are one person living alone. Flats are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns.
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 Colmen
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Colmen (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Colmen’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 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
The median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six +5%.
A median age of 51: Colmen is older than 86% 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
■ Colmen 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 22%, fewer than in half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are single parents, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 17% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households average 2.2 people. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
5% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 74% 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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 41% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Colmen sits close to the norm on second homes: 2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,900 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,900 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Colmen: 28% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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 17%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 22%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 18%
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.
In Colmen, 16% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
By its share of married residents (55%), Colmen is above 99% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 21% in Colmen and 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 207 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.
No nearby town is as old as Colmen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colmen | 51 | 22% | 2% | 18% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 4 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 12.1 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 12.6 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 12.9 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Cattenom 2,580 · 13.8 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Carling 3,291 · 15.2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
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 Colmen
What is the population of Colmen?
207 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (211).
How old are Colmen’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Colmen?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Colmen?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Colmen?
€27,900 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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