Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.7%
By its share of flats (3.5%), Cutting is below 98% of compared French towns. At the same time, more households headed by a manager or professional than in 91% of compared French towns: 22%. The 2023 Census counted 96 residents in 42 households. Households without a car account for 6.5%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Cutting
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cutting had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 96 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −19% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle. Here the change came as +18% to 2017, then −31% to 2023.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cutting 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Cutting is 46.8, higher than in 68% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Cutting ranks above 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households trails 59% of compared French towns: 33%.
17% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Of all households, 8.7% moved in during the last two years and 43% have stayed three decades or more. One household in 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Households headed by a manual worker make up 44% in Cutting, more than in 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
For Cutting, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Cutting has 1%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 64%
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 figure for single residents is 19% in Cutting and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cutting
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, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Cutting. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 96 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.
Cutting and its 6 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutting | 46.8 | 27% | 1.9% | 1% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 5.9 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 10.2 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 12.7 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 13.1 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 13.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 14.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
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 Cutting
What is the population of Cutting?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Cutting’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cutting?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cutting?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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