Half of Val-de-Bride is over 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (8.4%), Val-de-Bride is below 90% of compared French towns. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Moselle town counted 511 residents and 240 households at the 2023 Census. 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 24.
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 Val-de-Bride
Fewer residents than in 2012
Val-de-Bride had 611 residents at the 2012 census and 511 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Val-de-Bride’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 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.
Val-de-Bride changed by −16% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Moselle town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, −13%.
In Val-de-Bride, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% 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
■ Val-de-Bride 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Val-de-Bride comes in at 8.5%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 61% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here 11% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Val-de-Bride: 12% of homes stand empty, above 87% 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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Val-de-Bride comes in at 7.7%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Across Val-de-Bride, 2.2% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €23,950 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 residents live in households above €23,950 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 1.3% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Val-de-Bride, 4.8%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Val-de-Bride, 19%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 14%
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 28% in Val-de-Bride and 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (511 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Val-de-Bride
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Bride | 51.7 | 30% | 2.2% | 4.8% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 1.4 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 7.3 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 16.3 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 17.1 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 17.3 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 17.4 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
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 Val-de-Bride
What is the population of Val-de-Bride?
511 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (611).
How old are Val-de-Bride’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-de-Bride?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-de-Bride?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-de-Bride?
€23,950 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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