Laquenexy sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
Here 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. 1,255 residents in 520 households: that is Laquenexy at the 2023 Census. For Laquenexy, the census puts households without a car at 3.3%. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 0.4% of homes are second homes.
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 Laquenexy
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Laquenexy had 1,058 residents at the 2012 census and 1,255 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +19% change since 2012: faster than 88% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 70% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Laquenexy 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 9.4%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43.8, Laquenexy is younger than 52% of compared French towns.
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%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A lower share of empty homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 3.6%
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
With flats at 15%, Laquenexy is behind 78% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.4% (under two years).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €32,050 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 €32,050 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 15%, a higher share than 76% 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
In Laquenexy, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker locally. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1%, a lower share than 95% 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 3.8%, Laquenexy is behind three quarters of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
55% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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
With single residents at 19%, Laquenexy is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Laquenexy has 41%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,255 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Laquenexy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laquenexy | 43.8 | 19% | 0.4% | 3.8% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 4.5 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Metz 122,572 · 6.2 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 6.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Marly 10,286 · 7.2 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 7.4 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
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 Laquenexy
What is the population of Laquenexy?
1,255 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (1,058).
How old are Laquenexy’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laquenexy?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laquenexy?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laquenexy?
€32,050 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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