Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Roppeviller is over 56.5
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Roppeviller was home to 97 people in 51 households. About one in six: that is how common empty homes are in Roppeviller (16%). The figure for households headed by a retired person is 55% in Roppeviller and 32% 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 Roppeviller
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Roppeviller, 22% of its 83 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Roppeviller (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 28% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 25% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Roppeviller had 129 residents at the 2012 census and 97 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Roppeviller’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Roppeviller, 22% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Of all households, 5.7% moved in during the last two years and 36% have stayed three decades or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Roppeviller comes in at 12%.
A −25% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −19% and the next six −8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 32% in Roppeviller, more than in 90% 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
■ Roppeviller 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Roppeviller has 9%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
18% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (55%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
28% of residents are immigrants, more than in 98% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Roppeviller. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 40%
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 Roppeviller, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 26% in Roppeviller and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 97 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Roppeviller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roppeviller | 56.5 | 32% | 22% | 28% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 4.9 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 11.9 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 13.7 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 15.5 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 15.8 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
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 Roppeviller
What is the population of Roppeviller?
97 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (129).
How old are Roppeviller’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roppeviller?
18, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roppeviller?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 28% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (25%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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