Richeling sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.7%)
One-person households: 23%, below 97% of compared French towns. 347 residents in 150 households: that is Richeling at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in eight: 12% of homes are flats. At 11%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 83% 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 Richeling
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 70% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a lower share than 68% 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
■ Richeling 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.5, Richeling is younger than 62% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2% here.
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%.
More couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%
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 2.3 people in the average household. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns.
1.2% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 73% 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
In the last two years, 6.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €23,220 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 median standard of living in Richeling is €23,220 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
3.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 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
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person. For 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).
Richeling ranks above 60% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 5.5%
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 immigrants stands at 7.5%. That is higher than in 57% 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.
Single residents make up 22% in Richeling, less than in 78% of compared French towns
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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Richeling
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Richeling. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 347 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Richeling
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richeling | 42.5 | 19% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 2.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 3.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 3.7 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 4.3 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Farébersviller 5,224 · 7.3 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.7% | 28% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 7.6 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 Richeling
What is the population of Richeling?
347 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (347).
How old are Richeling’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Richeling?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Richeling?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Richeling?
€23,220 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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