43% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
6.2% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The median age in Fèves is 38.8, lower than in 85% of compared French towns. This Moselle town had 1,193 residents in 470 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 2.5% of homes stand empty.
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 Fèves
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 1.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Fèves had 904 residents at the 2012 census and 1,193 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +32% change since 2012: faster than 97% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +24%; from 2017 to 2023, +7%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Moselle town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 15% in Fèves, less than in 91% 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
■ Fèves 38.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Fèves comes in at 8.4%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Average household size: 2.5 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 1.1% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
10% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. In Fèves, 1% of homes are second homes.
€29,940 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 Fèves’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Above 66% of compared French towns: 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 30%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 16%, more than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 7.7%, a higher share than 58% 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.
Locally, 4.4% of residents are foreign nationals. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 54% in Fèves, more than in 99% 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
18% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Fèves sits below 76% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
Here 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,193 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Fèves
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fèves | 38.8 | 15% | 1% | 7.7% |
| Marange-Silvange 6,539 · 1.7 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.5% | 7.8% |
| Maizières-lès-Metz 11,580 · 2.2 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Woippy 14,967 · 3.3 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
| Talange 8,120 · 3.7 mi | 42 | 20% | 0.3% | 17% |
| Rombas 9,371 · 4.1 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 15% |
| Amnéville 10,875 · 4.1 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 4.5% | 8.5% |
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 Fèves
What is the population of Fèves?
1,193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (904).
How old are Fèves’ residents?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fèves?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fèves?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fèves?
€29,940 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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