A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
Here a fifth of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. On empty homes, Mécleuves sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 2.7%. The town had 1,196 residents in 510 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households in social housing at 0.2% locally.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 60% of compared French towns grew faster than Mécleuves: +2%
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 median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +3%.
Half of Mécleuves is over 49.5, older than 81% 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
■ Mécleuves 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Mécleuves comes in at 8.7%. Here, a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 6.9% of households are single parents
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
31% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
A smaller share of flats than 90% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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
0.6% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €32,880 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.
Half of Mécleuves’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,880 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 5%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Mécleuves comes in at 39%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town. About one in six: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Mécleuves (18%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.2% in Mécleuves, less than in 91% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 3.7% in Mécleuves and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
Mécleuves sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (58%)
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
Here 17% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 8.4% in Mécleuves, less than in 98% 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
45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 1,196 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Mécleuves are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mécleuves | 49.5 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| Marly 10,286 · 5.2 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Metz 122,572 · 5.5 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 6.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 7.1 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 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 Mécleuves
What is the population of Mécleuves?
1,196 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,170).
How old are Mécleuves’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mécleuves?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mécleuves?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mécleuves?
€32,880 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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