Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.7% of households have no car
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 33%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Freybouse has fewer one-person households than 83% of compared French towns, at 29%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 422, in 180 households. For Freybouse, the census puts flats at 17%.
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.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 74% 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
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Freybouse 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.3%), Freybouse is below just over three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children
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
Single-parent households: 8.3% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Fewer second homes than 96% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 35%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 8.3% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,220 a year in 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.
At €26,220 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
26% of households are headed by a retired person, below 79% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.9% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 2%
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%; Freybouse has 0.7%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Freybouse: 50% of residents 15 and over are married, above 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Freybouse has 21%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 74% of compared French towns, at 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
Graduates of higher education: 28%, below 57% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 422 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Freybouse sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freybouse | 44.7 | 18% | 0.5% | 2% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 6.7 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 6.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 6.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 7.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 8.1 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 8.2 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 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 Freybouse
What is the population of Freybouse?
422 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (426).
How old are Freybouse’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Freybouse?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Freybouse?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Freybouse?
€26,220 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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