Hottviller is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.7
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 2% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Here, 11% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Hottviller is home to 504 residents in 240 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Hottviller
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hottviller had 571 residents at the 2012 census and 504 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Hottviller’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 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.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Hottviller changed by −12% since 2012
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 −9% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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
■ Hottviller 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Hottviller, 28% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the 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%.
A lower share of one-person households than 68% of compared French towns, at 32%
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 2.1 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. At 8.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are couples with children in Hottviller.
A higher share of empty homes than 88% of compared French towns, at 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
Households without a car: 7.2%, below 72% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.5% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €26,390 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.
Half of Hottviller’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, two in five households are headed by a retired person here. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hottviller ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.4%
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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Hottviller, 1%. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower 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
54% of residents 15 and over are married and 7.8% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 11% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 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
With adults with no qualification at 24%, Hottviller is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 504 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Hottviller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hottviller | 52.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 3.7 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 13.2 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 14.5 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 15 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 15.5 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 15.5 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
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 Hottviller
What is the population of Hottviller?
504 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (571).
How old are Hottviller’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hottviller?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hottviller?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hottviller?
€26,390 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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