In Schweyen, 43% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Schweyen has 0.7%. Locally, 9.3% of homes are flats. With a median age of 49.7, Schweyen is older than just over four fifths of compared French towns. The town is home to 319 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Schweyen
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 3.6% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Schweyen (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 26% of residents, against 12% for the median compared commune in Moselle. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Schweyen changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 64% 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.
Schweyen sits below 93% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Schweyen 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 25%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
90% 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 that moved in under two years ago: 3.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 40%. At 7.3%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,670 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 Schweyen’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Schweyen has 36%. The census found that 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
26% of residents are immigrants, more than in 97% 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 higher than in 97% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Schweyen, 23% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 63%, a higher share than 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Schweyen has 20%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Schweyen, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Schweyen is younger than 1 of its 4 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schweyen | 49.7 | 23% | 2% | 26% |
| Bitche 4,966 · 7.6 mi | 41 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.9% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 14.9 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 16.6 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 17.3 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
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 Schweyen
What is the population of Schweyen?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (315).
How old are Schweyen’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Schweyen?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Schweyen?
INSEE counts 83 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 26% of residents, and 73 foreign nationals (23%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Schweyen?
€28,670 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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