3.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 19%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Courcelles-sur-Nied had 1,194 residents in 540 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.2% of homes stand empty. Fewer households in social housing than in 86% of compared French towns: 5%.
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.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Courcelles-sur-Nied ahead of 61% 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 ±0%.
Courcelles-sur-Nied is older than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courcelles-sur-Nied 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Courcelles-sur-Nied ranks below 75% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents in Courcelles-sur-Nied. Few places have as many couples with children: 28% here, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Fewer second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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: 5.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €30,120 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,120 a year: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Only 9.3% of households are headed by a manual worker in Courcelles-sur-Nied
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are headed by a retired person here. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% 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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Courcelles-sur-Nied ranks below 82% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Courcelles-sur-Nied, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 43% in Courcelles-sur-Nied. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,194 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Courcelles-sur-Nied
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles-sur-Nied | 45.6 | 23% | 0.5% | 2.3% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 5.3 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Metz 122,572 · 6.1 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 6.5 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Marly 10,286 · 6.7 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 7.1 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 7.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 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 Courcelles-sur-Nied
What is the population of Courcelles-sur-Nied?
1,194 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,110).
How old are Courcelles-sur-Nied’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcelles-sur-Nied?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcelles-sur-Nied?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcelles-sur-Nied?
€30,120 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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