In Guenviller, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
11% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. At the 2023 Census Guenviller was home to 680 people in 300 households. Across Guenviller, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person. Second homes 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.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Guenviller behind 69% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%.
7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Guenviller 49. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 63% of compared French towns: 24%. Half of Guenviller’s residents are over 49, older than in 79% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 53% 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
The average household has 2.2 people. One in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 50% of compared French towns.
Guenviller ranks below 80% of compared French towns on households without a car: 6%
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
Empty homes make up 5.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median of €27,810 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,810 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5%, a lower share than 86% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 22%, Guenviller is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, below 96% 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 immigrants is 6.5%; Guenviller has 3.7%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 57%, a higher share than 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
By its share of single residents (15%), Guenviller is below 99% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Guenviller
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 680 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Guenviller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guenviller | 49 | 24% | 0% | 3.7% |
| Hombourg-Haut 5,976 · 2 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1% | 15% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 2.6 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Freyming-Merlebach 13,266 · 2.9 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.6% | 17% |
| Farébersviller 5,224 · 3.5 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.7% | 28% |
| Cocheren 3,358 · 3.5 mi | 48 | 27% | 0.7% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 3.7 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
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 Guenviller
What is the population of Guenviller?
680 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (679).
How old are Guenviller’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guenviller?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guenviller?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guenviller?
€27,810 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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