A larger share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns: 36%
Households without a car make up 3.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 227 residents in Hermelange, living in 100 households. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Hermelange
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hermelange had 254 residents at the 2012 census and 227 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4.3% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hermelange changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Moselle town, the change came in two steps: −12% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Older than 68% of compared French towns: half of Hermelange is over 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hermelange 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 21% of residents are 65 or over in Hermelange.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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
4.3% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
A higher share of empty homes than 83% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Hermelange has 12%. What’s more, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 1%.
€27,680 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,680 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 65% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 0.8%, a lower share than 97% 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 immigrants at 3.1%, Hermelange is behind 80% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in Hermelange, less than in 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
The figure for married residents is 48% in Hermelange and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Hermelange, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
Locally, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 227 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).
Hermelange sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermelange | 46.7 | 21% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 4.3 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 12.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 16.2 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 16.4 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 16.5 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 16.9 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
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 Hermelange
What is the population of Hermelange?
227 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (254).
How old are Hermelange’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hermelange?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hermelange?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hermelange?
€27,680 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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