Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
45% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). In Hémilly, 9.8% of homes are flats. The median age here is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 136 residents and 63 households here.
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 Hémilly
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hémilly had 142 residents at the 2012 census and 136 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 86% of compared French towns grew faster than Hémilly: −4%
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
Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 66% 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
■ Hémilly 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Hémilly comes in at 12%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns: 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
The average household has 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 85% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Hémilly, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Hémilly sits below 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.1%)
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Hémilly, 36%. 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).
Only 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Hémilly
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.
Immigrants make up 2.5%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 87% 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.
More married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 51%
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 census found that 26% of residents 15 and over are single in Hémilly. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 51% and 3.8%, and 4.7% are widowed.
Hémilly sits below 99% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (6.1%)
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 136 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Hémilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hémilly | 50.5 | 25% | 0% | 2.5% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 3.7 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 4.3 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 5.7 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 7.5 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 8.3 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 8.5 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
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 Hémilly
What is the population of Hémilly?
136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (142).
How old are Hémilly’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hémilly?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hémilly?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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