Mittersheim: 60% of homes are second homes, above 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 583 residents in Mittersheim, living in 280 households. Here, 54% of households are headed by a retired person. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Mittersheim comes in at 16%.
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 Mittersheim
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 480 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mittersheim, 60% of its 810 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Mittersheim’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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
Here 5% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. In Mittersheim, 9.5% of households have no car.
Mittersheim changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 80% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Mittersheim is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mittersheim 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, at 8.8%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Mittersheim, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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
The average household has 2.1 people. Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 10% of households are single parents. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,660 a year in 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.
At €23,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 1.8%, a lower share than 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 17% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.7% of Mittersheim’s residents
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 median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.7%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.9%, from the figure 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.
Mittersheim ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
By its share of married residents (45%), Mittersheim is above 62% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Adults with no qualification: 24%, above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 583 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Mittersheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mittersheim | 53.9 | 32% | 60% | 5.7% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 8.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 10 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 10.1 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 10.6 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 13.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 14.3 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
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 Mittersheim
What is the population of Mittersheim?
583 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (598).
How old are Mittersheim’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mittersheim?
480, with occasional dwellings: 60% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mittersheim?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mittersheim?
€23,660 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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