18% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. Richeval is home to 111 residents in 52 households, by the 2023 Census. 3.7% of households have no car. In Richeval, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Richeval
Fewer residents than in 2012
Richeval had 137 residents at the 2012 census and 111 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Richeval’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Richeval: −19%
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
Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then −17% to 2023.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Richeval is over 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Richeval 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 81% 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
At 9.1%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
In Richeval, 8.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 89% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes trails 71% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
A typical living standard of €26,970 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,970 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 97% 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 manual worker tops 99% of compared French towns: 27%. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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 census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Richeval. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Richeval, 23%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 111 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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).
Richeval 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richeval | 52.2 | 27% | 3.5% | 1.7% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 9.6 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 14.9 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 15 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 16.2 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 17.7 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 17.7 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
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 Richeval
What is the population of Richeval?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (137).
How old are Richeval’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Richeval?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Richeval?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Richeval?
€26,970 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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