A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 41%
By its share of households without a car (4.1%), Metting is below 94% of compared French towns. The town is home to 410 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Metting (32%). Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Metting
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +14% change since 2012: Metting grew faster than 79% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
Younger than 74% of compared French towns: half of Metting is under 40.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Metting 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Metting has 10%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats
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
Some 14% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 23% who have been there 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.5% of homes stand empty.
€25,350 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,350 a year: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Metting ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 26%
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.1% in Metting. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, below 89% 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 share of immigrants trails 72% of compared French towns: 4.2%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 88% 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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Metting sits below 65% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 410 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Metting
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metting | 40.8 | 14% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 4.2 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 8.6 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 8.8 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.3 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 11.3 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 12 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
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 Metting
What is the population of Metting?
410 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (361).
How old are Metting’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Metting?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Metting?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Metting?
€25,350 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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