Younger than 92% of compared French towns: half of Valmestroff is under 36.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 364 residents in Valmestroff, living in 150 households. One-person households make up about one in four here (27%). Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Valmestroff has 4%.
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 Valmestroff
Growing fast
Valmestroff had 253 residents at the 2012 census and 364 in 2023, up 44%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Valmestroff’s residents are under 36.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Valmestroff grew +44% from 2012 to 2023, faster 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +22%; 2017 to 2023, +18%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.5%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Valmestroff 36.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15% here and 22% 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%.
Valmestroff sits above 96% of compared French towns for couples with children (37%)
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 2.4 people on average. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
25% of homes are flats, fewer than in 58% 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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats. Empty homes account for 6.3%.
Median living standard: €33,080 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 €33,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Valmestroff sits above 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (27%)
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
Two in five households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, Valmestroff sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 10%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns, at 3.6%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.2% in Valmestroff. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 49% of residents 15 and over are married in Valmestroff. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 9.8% 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
With graduates of higher education at 38%, Valmestroff is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 364 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Valmestroff is the youngest (36.7); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Valmestroff
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Valmestroff
What is the population of Valmestroff?
364 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 44% more than in 2012 (253).
How old are Valmestroff’s residents?
The median age is 36.7, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valmestroff?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valmestroff?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valmestroff?
€33,080 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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