Half of Gelucourt is over 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 3% of homes are flats in Gelucourt. There were 88 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 204 residents. Locally, 8% of homes are second homes. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Gelucourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gelucourt had 230 residents at the 2012 census and 204 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Gelucourt’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gelucourt changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, slower 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
The median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −6%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gelucourt 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Gelucourt (11%). For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Gelucourt, less than in 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Gelucourt, 29%. Households average 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 9%, a higher share than 73% 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
One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. On the census count, nearly one in ten households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Half above, half below €24,830 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.
Half of Gelucourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,830 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 47%, a higher share than 95% 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
5.9% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 81% of compared French towns: 3.1% of residents are immigrants
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 Gelucourt, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. Across the comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Married residents: 53% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In Gelucourt, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Gelucourt is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gelucourt | 52.5 | 26% | 8% | 3.1% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 3.1 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 11.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 15 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Lunéville 18,262 · 16.1 mi | 43.8 | 24% | 1.2% | 6.2% |
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 Gelucourt
What is the population of Gelucourt?
204 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (230).
How old are Gelucourt’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gelucourt?
8, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gelucourt?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gelucourt?
€24,830 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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