Lengelsheim is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 186 residents in Lengelsheim, living in 86 households. The share of flats stands at 5.1%. Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 41% of households are headed by a retired person in the town.
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 Lengelsheim
An older town
Half of Lengelsheim’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lengelsheim had 233 residents at the 2012 census and 186 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Lengelsheim (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Lengelsheim: −20%
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 first five years brought −12%; the six to 2023, −9%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
In Lengelsheim, 31% of residents are 65 or over, more 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
■ Lengelsheim 58. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in Lengelsheim. Typically, 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%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 79% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Lengelsheim has 24%.
Lengelsheim: 4.1% of homes are second homes, above 72% 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
Turnover: 5.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 45% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 8.2%, the share of empty homes is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 9.3% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,190 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.
At €24,190 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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).
Above 85% of compared French towns: 15% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Lengelsheim comes in at 15%. As a reference point, 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.
Lengelsheim ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 55%
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
23% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Lengelsheim, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 186 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Lengelsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lengelsheim | 58 | 31% | 4.1% | 15% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 4.1 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 15.1 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 15.3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 16.5 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 16.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 17 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
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 Lengelsheim
What is the population of Lengelsheim?
186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (233).
How old are Lengelsheim’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lengelsheim?
4, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lengelsheim?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lengelsheim?
€24,190 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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