Montbronn sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.1%)
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Montbronn comes in at 11%. The town’s 700 households held 1,578 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 6.3%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
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 Montbronn
An older town
Half of Montbronn’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montbronn had 1,661 residents at the 2012 census and 1,578 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montbronn changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 88% 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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Montbronn is over 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montbronn 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Montbronn has 8.3%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 28% locally.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 78% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 11%, a higher share than 85% 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
By its share of second homes (0.6%), Montbronn is below 92% of compared French towns. 7.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,050 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 €26,050 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 73% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Here 36% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Montbronn, 2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). By way of comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 88% 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
27% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,578 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Montbronn
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montbronn | 51.6 | 28% | 0.6% | 2.2% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 6.8 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.7 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 11.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 13 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 13.3 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 13.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 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 Montbronn
What is the population of Montbronn?
1,578 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,661).
How old are Montbronn’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montbronn?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montbronn?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montbronn?
€26,050 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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