Salonnes is younger than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.2
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 176 residents in 76 households. 5.5% of homes are flats, or about one in 18. Couples with children: 31% here and 25% 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 Salonnes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Salonnes had 194 residents at the 2012 census and 176 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Salonnes’ residents are under 37.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Salonnes changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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 −3% and the next six −7%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.6% in Salonnes, less than in 98% 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
■ Salonnes 37.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Salonnes comes in at 15%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.2% of households are single parents in Salonnes
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. At 37%, the share of one-person households is higher than in three fifths of compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 86% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 3.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 68% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Salonnes has 1.1%.
Half above, half below €25,000 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €25,000 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Only 25% of households are headed by a retired person in Salonnes
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. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Here, 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 89% 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.
The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 2.8%.
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 77% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Compared with other places, married residents are scarce here: 42%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 41% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 share of graduates of higher education is 19%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 176 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Salonnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salonnes | 37.2 | 15% | 1.1% | 2.2% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 10.3 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 11.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Seichamps 5,165 · 11.8 mi | 46 | 26% | 0.5% | 6.1% |
| Pulnoy 5,099 · 12.4 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 0.4% | 5.7% |
| Varangéville 3,536 · 13.3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
| Dombasle-sur-Meurthe 9,424 · 13.4 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 0.5% | 3.5% |
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 Salonnes
What is the population of Salonnes?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (194).
How old are Salonnes’ residents?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salonnes?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salonnes?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salonnes?
€25,000 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).
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