2.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Vallerange is 48.9, higher than in 79% of compared French towns. The town is home to 211 residents in 95 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 16% of households are single parents. With empty homes at 8.4%, Vallerange is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count.
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.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Vallerange behind 84% 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 first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 85% 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
■ Vallerange 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Vallerange, 24%.
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%.
Couples with children make up 21% in Vallerange, less than in 70% 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
Nearly a third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households average 2.2 people.
9.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 57% 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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.3% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,660 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.
Living standards centre on €25,660 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker here. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Vallerange (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Vallerange, 1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Fewer married residents than 52% of compared French towns: 43%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Across Vallerange, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Vallerange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallerange | 48.9 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.4% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 2.6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 8.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 8.9 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 9.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 9.9 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 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 Vallerange
What is the population of Vallerange?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (219).
How old are Vallerange’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vallerange?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vallerange?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vallerange?
€25,660 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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