A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 21%
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Many was home to 257 people in 120 households. Put another way, about one in six: 16% of residents are 65 or over. 9.8% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French 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.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 84% 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%.
Older than 69% of compared French towns: half of Many is over 47.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Many 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Many ranks below 71% of compared French towns on couples with children: 21%
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
In Many, 33% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
5.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 81% 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
Just over a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 12% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. With flats at 41%, Many is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count.
A typical living standard of €26,900 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,900 a year: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Many: 29% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 8.3% in Many. 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).
Immigrants: 2.3%, a lower share than 88% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Many comes in at 1.6%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 34% of residents 15 and over are married in Many
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Many. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Many, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 59% of compared French towns: 33%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Many
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Many | 47.1 | 16% | 0% | 2.3% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 4.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 4.9 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 7.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 8.9 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 9.2 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 9.6 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
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 Many
What is the population of Many?
257 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (267).
How old are Many’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 69% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Many?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Many?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Many?
€26,900 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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