Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
Empty homes: 10%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Rosselange was home to 2,384 people in 1,090 households. The census found that 14% of households are single parents in the town. The median age locally is 47.3, higher than in 71% 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 Rosselange
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rosselange had 2,887 residents at the 2012 census and 2,384 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 400 immigrants in Rosselange (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rosselange’s population moved −17% on 2012, less than in 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Moselle town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of compared French towns: 9.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rosselange 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Rosselange sits below 72% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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
Households average 2 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. One-person households are more common here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 17% in Rosselange, more than in 75% 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 9.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. 0.9% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Standard of living at the median: €23,460 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 Rosselange’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 19.0%.
In Rosselange, 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, more 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are headed by a retired person here. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 17%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Rosselange has 15%. Typically, 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.
Rosselange: 29% of residents 15 and over are single, above 74% 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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification make up 33%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. 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 2,384 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Rosselange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosselange | 47.3 | 22% | 0.9% | 17% |
| Moyeuvre-Grande 7,311 · 1.1 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 0.6% | 12% |
| Clouange 3,824 · 1.4 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Rombas 9,371 · 1.5 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 15% |
| Vitry-sur-Orne 2,884 · 2.2 mi | 42.4 | 18% | 0.7% | 9.2% |
| Amnéville 10,875 · 2.9 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Gandrange 3,031 · 3.1 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 1% | 6.8% |
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 Rosselange
What is the population of Rosselange?
2,384 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (2,887).
How old are Rosselange’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rosselange?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rosselange?
INSEE counts 410 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 350 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rosselange?
€23,460 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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