A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 41%
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Hangviller has 27%. Across Hangviller, 13% of homes are flats. 17% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 253 people lived here, in 110 households.
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 Hangviller
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hangviller had 284 residents at the 2012 census and 253 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Hangviller: −11%
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%. The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Hangviller is under 42.9, younger than 59% 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
■ Hangviller 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.9% in Hangviller and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Hangviller ranks above 60% of compared French towns on couples with children: 27%
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
Households here average 2.3 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Second homes: 1.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). 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%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,300 a year
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.
Living standards centre on €25,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Hangviller: 36% of households are headed by a retired person, above 71% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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 99% of compared French towns: 0.4% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Hangviller, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Hangviller, 12% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops just over two thirds of compared French towns: 23%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
11th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 253 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).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Hangviller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hangviller | 42.9 | 17% | 1.6% | 0.4% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 3.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 7.8 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 9.5 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 10.6 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.9 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 11.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
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 Hangviller
What is the population of Hangviller?
253 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (284).
How old are Hangviller’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hangviller?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hangviller?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hangviller?
€25,300 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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