A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 44%
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Saint-Epvre. The town had 177 residents in 47 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 4.3% here. On residents aged 15 to 24, Saint-Epvre sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 9.9%.
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 Saint-Epvre
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Epvre’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 19% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Epvre grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 58% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Epvre is over 53.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Epvre 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly two in five residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 72 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 22% in Saint-Epvre, less than in 98% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 2.7 people.
96% of homes are houses
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 11% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%. There is little gap on empty homes: 5.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,590 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 manager or professional: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
Above 72% of compared French towns: 7.5% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants in Saint-Epvre. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 36%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Saint-Epvre: 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 62% 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
Graduates of higher education: 29% of the total. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest 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.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Epvre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Epvre | 53.4 | 39% | 0% | 9.2% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 8.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 8.9 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 9.6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 9.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 13.2 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 13.5 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
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 Saint-Epvre
What is the population of Saint-Epvre?
177 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (166).
How old are Saint-Epvre’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Epvre?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Epvre?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Epvre?
€26,590 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.