Guessling-Hémering ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.2%
The figure for one-person households is 26% in Guessling-Hémering and 35% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 925, in 390 households. For Guessling-Hémering, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 6.4%.
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 Guessling-Hémering
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.4% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 56 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 67% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Guessling-Hémering ranks below 88% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guessling-Hémering 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Guessling-Hémering is 43.1, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Guessling-Hémering (22%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
In Guessling-Hémering, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 92% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Guessling-Hémering has fewer single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns, at 7.4%.
Empty homes: 13%, a higher share than 90% 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
6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 35% have been in their home 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Guessling-Hémering has fewer flats than 86% of compared French towns, at 10%.
Half above, half below €26,470 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 €26,470 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Here 30% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.7% in Guessling-Hémering, less than in 85% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.2%, Guessling-Hémering is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 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.
Guessling-Hémering ranks below 91% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
The figure for married residents is 48% in Guessling-Hémering and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns: 23%
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
28% of Guessling-Hémering’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 23% have no diploma (19%).
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 925 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Guessling-Hémering 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guessling-Hémering | 43.1 | 22% | 0% | 2.7% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 3.6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 3.6 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 4.4 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 4.6 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 6.1 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 6.4 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
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 Guessling-Hémering
What is the population of Guessling-Hémering?
925 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (919).
How old are Guessling-Hémering’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guessling-Hémering?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guessling-Hémering?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guessling-Hémering?
€26,470 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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