0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households is 28%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 618 residents in 260 households. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% of the total. At 6.5%, the share of households without a car is lower than in just over three quarters 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.
A +7% change since 2012: Rimling grew faster than 60% 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.
Rimling sits below 72% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rimling 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rimling is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children
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
11% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Flats: 13%, a lower share than 81% 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
Some 5.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more. For Rimling, the census puts second homes at 0.7%.
A median of €28,770 a year per consumption unit
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 Rimling is €28,770 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 30% in Rimling, more than in 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Rimling has 25%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. For Rimling, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 15%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 7.4%, a higher share than 72% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. Locally, 8.1% of residents are immigrants. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rimling sits above 97% of compared French towns for married residents (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
Single residents: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 60% 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
On the census count, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest 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.
Rimling and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimling | 43.8 | 18% | 0.7% | 8.1% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 8.1 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 8.9 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 10.6 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 11.7 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 12.1 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 13.1 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
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 Rimling
What is the population of Rimling?
618 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (576).
How old are Rimling’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rimling?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rimling?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rimling?
€28,770 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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