Flats: 6.7%, a lower share than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Narbéfontaine’s 54 households held 115 residents at the 2023 Census. Two in five households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Narbéfontaine has 30%.
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 Narbéfontaine
Fewer residents than in 2012
Narbéfontaine had 127 residents at the 2012 census and 115 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Narbéfontaine changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 96% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle. Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Narbéfontaine is over 49.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Narbéfontaine 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Narbéfontaine, 13%. For Narbéfontaine, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 70% of compared French towns, at 7.4%
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
Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 9% of homes stand empty.
At the median, €26,190 a year to live on
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,190 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Narbéfontaine sits below 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (10%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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 Narbéfontaine comes in at 0.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Narbéfontaine ranks above 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 50%
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
For Narbéfontaine, the census puts single residents at 25%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 50% and 2%, and 7.9% are widowed.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Narbéfontaine
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
With graduates of higher education at 24%, Narbéfontaine is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 115 to 2,582 people, 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Narbéfontaine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narbéfontaine | 49.4 | 25% | 0% | 1.7% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 3.6 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 4.7 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 5.8 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 5.9 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 6.6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 6.8 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 Narbéfontaine
What is the population of Narbéfontaine?
115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (127).
How old are Narbéfontaine’s residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Narbéfontaine?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Narbéfontaine?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Narbéfontaine?
€26,190 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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