Lemud is younger than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.5
Here 0.4% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lemud’s 210 households held 516 residents at the 2023 Census. For Lemud, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 23%.
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 Lemud
Growing fast
Lemud had 313 residents at the 2012 census and 516 in 2023, up 65%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Lemud’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 99% of compared French towns: Lemud changed by +65% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle. Here the change came as +60% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 87% 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
■ Lemud 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
More couples with children than 92% of compared French towns: 35%
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
28% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Fewer single-parent households than in 99% of compared French towns: 4.7%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of households without a car than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.7%
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
In the last two years, 7.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 24% have stayed 30 years or more. A fifth of homes are flats, a lower share than in 67% of compared French towns. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.5%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€26,290 a year: the median standard of living
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 €26,290 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Lemud. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 74% of compared French towns: 3.9% of residents are immigrants
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.
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. On average, 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.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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 married residents at 46%, Lemud is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 75% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (28%), Lemud is below 55% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (516 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Lemud
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemud | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 3.9% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 5.4 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Metz 122,572 · 9.5 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Marly 10,286 · 9.6 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 9.9 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 10 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 10.4 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Lemud
What is the population of Lemud?
516 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 65% more than in 2012 (313).
How old are Lemud’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lemud?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lemud?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lemud?
€26,290 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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