Half of Conthil is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of flats stands at 5.5%. The 2023 Census put Conthil’s population at 148, in 69 households. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 7.4% of homes are second homes 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.
What stands out about the people of Conthil
Fewer residents than in 2012
Conthil had 178 residents at the 2012 census and 148 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Conthil’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Conthil changed by −17% since 2012
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: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −10% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4%, a lower share than 75% 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
■ Conthil 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 19% in Conthil, less than in 79% 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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Conthil. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Here, 12% of households are single parents.
Conthil ranks below 76% of compared French towns on empty homes: 4.9%
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
Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%.
€24,230 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.
Half of Conthil’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,230 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Conthil has 6.2%. Across Conthil, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 88% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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 83% of compared French towns: 1.8%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 54% of compared French towns: 43%
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 census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Conthil.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Conthil. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 148 to 2,582 people, the 7th oldest
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 Conthil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conthil | 54.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 2.3% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 2.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 6.3 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 11.4 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 12.2 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 12.8 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 13.5 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
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 Conthil
What is the population of Conthil?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (178).
How old are Conthil’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Conthil?
6, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Conthil?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Conthil?
€24,230 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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