In Talange, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Second homes: 0.3%, below 98% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 13% of the total. Few places have as many households in social housing: 19% here, more than in three quarters of compared French towns. Talange had 8,120 residents in 3,600 households at 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 Talange
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,400 immigrants in Talange (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. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Talange’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 60% 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.
A median age of 42: Talange is younger than 66% 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
■ Talange 42. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 20% of residents are 65 or over in Talange.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 56% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
The average household has 2.2 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Talange comes in at 36%.
Flats make up 58% in Talange, more than in 83% 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
Households without a car make up 15%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 6.9% in Talange.
A median of €23,740 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,740 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 20.0%.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 25%
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: 5.6%, below four fifths of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third 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).
17% of residents are immigrants, more than in 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 share of foreign nationals is 11%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Talange sits above 64% of compared French towns for single residents (27%)
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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Talange. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Talange, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% 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: 25%, above 77% of compared French towns. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (8,014 to 8,227 people), the 13th 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.
Mazingarbe is the youngest (35.8); Cavalaire-sur-Mer the oldest (57.1).
Talange is younger than 4 of its 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talange | 42 | 20% | 0.3% | 17% |
| Hagondange 9,278 · 1 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 0.6% | 11% |
| Maizières-lès-Metz 11,580 · 1.6 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Mondelange 5,699 · 1.9 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1% | 13% |
| Amnéville 10,875 · 2.1 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Marange-Silvange 6,539 · 2.5 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.5% | 7.8% |
| Gandrange 3,031 · 3.2 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 Talange
What is the population of Talange?
8,120 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (7,581).
How old are Talange’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Talange?
13, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Talange?
INSEE counts 1,390 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 900 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Talange?
€23,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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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