Households headed by a retired person: 37%, a higher share than 74% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Valmont. With a median age of 46.6, Valmont is older than two thirds of compared French towns. The town had 3,041 residents in 1,360 households at the 2023 Census. Second homes account for 1.4%.
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 Valmont
Fewer residents than in 2012
Valmont had 3,282 residents at the 2012 census and 3,041 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Valmont changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 94% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 78% of compared French towns: 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valmont 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Valmont sits above 75% of compared French towns for single-parent households (12%)
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households is 34%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Valmont sits below 51% of compared French towns for flats (29%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.3% (under two years). Empty homes: 7.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,510 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,510 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 18.0% of residents.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 75% of compared French towns
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
In Valmont, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Elsewhere, 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 higher share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns, at 11%
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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Valmont, 5.8%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 48%, a higher share than 84% 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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 22%, a higher share than 63% 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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 3,010 to 3,071 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.
Ages run from 35.9 in Pont-à-Vendin to 63.8 in Agon-Coutainville.
Valmont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valmont | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 1.2 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 1.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 2 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 3.5 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Hombourg-Haut 5,976 · 4.5 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1% | 15% |
| L'Hôpital 5,183 · 5.3 mi | 44 | 22% | 0.8% | 9.4% |
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 Valmont
What is the population of Valmont?
3,041 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (3,282).
How old are Valmont’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valmont?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valmont?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valmont?
€25,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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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