Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households have no car
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Cuvry has 8.1%. Fewer households in social housing than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%. The 2023 Census counted 1,096 residents in 440 households. Empty homes make up about one in 30 here (3.3%).
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 Cuvry
Growing fast
Cuvry had 801 residents at the 2012 census and 1,096 in 2023, up 37%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 18% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +37% change since 2012: faster than 98% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +29% to 2023. Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Cuvry is younger than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cuvry 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 21% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Cuvry: 34% of households are couples with children, above 89% 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 30% in Cuvry. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Single-parent households account for 5%.
Fewer flats than 65% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Of all households, 9.3% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 63% of compared French towns: 1.5% of homes are second homes.
Standard of living at the median: €32,700 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.
At €32,700 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 90% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Households headed by a retired person make up 25%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 90% 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.
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Cuvry
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
In Cuvry, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 7.9%
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 50% in Cuvry. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,096 to 2,582 people
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Cuvry
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuvry | 42.4 | 21% | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| Marly 10,286 · 1.6 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 4 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Ars-sur-Moselle 4,616 · 4.5 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.6% |
| Metz 122,572 · 4.9 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Scy-Chazelles 2,753 · 4.9 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 1.8% | 8.9% |
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 Cuvry
What is the population of Cuvry?
1,096 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 37% more than in 2012 (801).
How old are Cuvry’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuvry?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuvry?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuvry?
€32,700 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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