Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of homes stand empty
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.5% of households have no car here. Kanfen counted 1,235 residents and 530 households at the 2023 Census. About one in six: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Kanfen (17%). More households headed by a manager or professional than in 86% of compared French towns: 19%.
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 Kanfen
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.6% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +14% since 2012 puts Kanfen ahead of 79% 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
Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Kanfen is under 41.7, younger than 68% 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
■ Kanfen 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9% in Kanfen.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, more than in 90% 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
Single-parent households: 6.6%, below 93% of compared French towns. One-person households account for 26%. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 19% of homes are flats in Kanfen
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 1.3% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €41,540 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €41,540 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 69% of compared French towns: 11%
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
19% of Kanfen’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%). Elsewhere, 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 6.4% in Kanfen. For comparison, 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.
Kanfen ranks above 96% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 8.2% of adults out of school have no qualification in Kanfen
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Kanfen. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Kanfen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanfen | 41.7 | 17% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Hettange-Grande 7,772 · 2.9 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 2% | 10% |
| Ottange 2,960 · 4.2 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 30% |
| Thionville 42,658 · 5.3 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Manom 3,137 · 5.5 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 2% | 6.8% |
| Algrange 5,802 · 5.7 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Terville 7,801 · 6.4 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 1.2% | 14% |
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 Kanfen
What is the population of Kanfen?
1,235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,087).
How old are Kanfen’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Kanfen?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Kanfen?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 79 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Kanfen?
€41,540 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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