One-person households make up 28% in Corny-sur-Moselle, less than in 83% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 9.4%, Corny-sur-Moselle is behind four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,168, in 950 households. The share of second homes stands at 0.8%.
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.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 84% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Corny-sur-Moselle is over 46.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Corny-sur-Moselle 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten.
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%.
Corny-sur-Moselle: 31% of households are couples with children, above 80% 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 2.3 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 9.8%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 7.9% in Corny-sur-Moselle, less than in 67% 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
Empty homes make up 5.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 9.6% here, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of homes are flats.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,940 a year
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 Corny-sur-Moselle’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 8.0%.
More households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns: 36%
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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Corny-sur-Moselle sits below 73% of compared French towns for immigrants (4%)
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 median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 52% in Corny-sur-Moselle, more than in 96% 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
With single residents at 20%, Corny-sur-Moselle is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no 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
Just over a third of Corny-sur-Moselle’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Corny-sur-Moselle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corny-sur-Moselle | 46.2 | 19% | 0.8% | 4% |
| Ars-sur-Moselle 4,616 · 3 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.6% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 4.1 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Marly 10,286 · 4.8 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 5 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Scy-Chazelles 2,753 · 5.8 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 1.8% | 8.9% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 5.9 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Corny-sur-Moselle
What is the population of Corny-sur-Moselle?
2,168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (2,256).
How old are Corny-sur-Moselle’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corny-sur-Moselle?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corny-sur-Moselle?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corny-sur-Moselle?
€30,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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