One-person households: 20%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
2.8% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Flats: 3.4% of the total. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 3.9% of homes stand empty. Pange’s 360 households held 869 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Pange
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pange had 933 residents at the 2012 census and 869 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 93% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Pange is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pange 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (25%), Pange is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
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
The average household has 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. More couples with children than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 31%.
Households in social housing: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5% (under two years). The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. On second homes, Pange sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 1.3%.
Half above, half below €33,440 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €33,440 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
In Pange, 5.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 95% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 18%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, more households headed by a retired person than in 82% of compared French towns: 39%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, below 95% 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 median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Pange.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 59% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Pange, 17%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.8% of adults out of school have no qualification in Pange
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
Graduates of higher education make up 46%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 869 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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: 2 of the 6 towns around Pange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pange | 47.4 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 2.6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 7.5 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Metz 122,572 · 7.7 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 9.1 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Marly 10,286 · 9.1 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 9.1 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
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 Pange
What is the population of Pange?
869 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (933).
How old are Pange’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pange?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pange?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pange?
€33,440 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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