Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Rémelfing is over 51.3
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are single parents here. The 2023 Census counted 1,305 residents in 620 households. In Rémelfing, 5.3% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Rémelfing
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rémelfing had 1,403 residents at the 2012 census and 1,305 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Rémelfing’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rémelfing changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −7%.
7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 95% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rémelfing 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of Rémelfing’s residents are 65 or older, against 22% in the median Moselle town and 22% in the median compared French town; 16% are under 18. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
One-person households make up 32% in Rémelfing, less than in 68% 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 2.1 people in the average household. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer couples with children than in 57% of compared French towns: 24%.
Fewer second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 0.6%
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
One in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On flats, Rémelfing sits lower than 68% of compared French towns: 20%. Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Median standard of living: €27,940 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.
The median standard of living in Rémelfing is €27,940 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person here. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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).
6.6% of Rémelfing’s residents are immigrants
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 foreign nationals stands at 3.9%. That is higher than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
The figure for single residents is 20% in Rémelfing and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 64% of compared French towns: 17%
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 come to 30% in Rémelfing, about three in ten. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Rémelfing is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rémelfing | 51.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 6.6% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 1.8 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 2.9 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 4.1 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 5.4 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 7.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 7.9 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 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 Rémelfing
What is the population of Rémelfing?
1,305 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,403).
How old are Rémelfing’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rémelfing?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rémelfing?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rémelfing?
€27,940 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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