In Lemberg, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 4.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In Lemberg, just over one in ten homes stand empty. Few places have as many second homes: 4.9% here, more than in 76% of compared French towns. This Moselle town is home to 1,428 residents in 630 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 Lemberg
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lemberg had 1,493 residents at the 2012 census and 1,428 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.
Slower growth than 86% of compared French towns: Lemberg changed by −4% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Moselle.
Lemberg is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lemberg 47. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 33%, a lower share than 61% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Lemberg has more single-parent households than 56% of compared French towns, at 10%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Lemberg, 19% of homes are flats, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns
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
6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 34% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 11%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €24,680 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €24,680 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Lemberg ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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, 35% of households are headed by a retired person here. Typically, 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 smaller share of immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 foreign nationals at 2.3%, Lemberg is behind nearly three quarters of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Lemberg: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 83% 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 share of single residents is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
Older than Lemberg: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemberg | 47 | 23% | 4.9% | 3.6% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 4.1 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 10 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 12.5 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 13.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 13.8 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 13.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
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 Lemberg
What is the population of Lemberg?
1,428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,493).
How old are Lemberg’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lemberg?
36, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lemberg?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lemberg?
€24,680 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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