38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Valmunster has 4%. At the 2023 Census Valmunster was home to 88 people in 36 households. Households in social housing: 2.4% of the total. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.6% of homes are flats.
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 Valmunster
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Valmunster had 97 residents at the 2012 census and 88 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Valmunster’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Valmunster changed by −9% since 2012
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then −6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 52.2: Valmunster is older than 89% 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
■ Valmunster 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of empty homes than 75% of compared French towns, at 9.3%
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 37% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.9% (under two years). The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 96% 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
13% of Valmunster’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 25% by a retired person (32%). At the same time, households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 66% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1% in Valmunster, less than in 99% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals here. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
65% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 11%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 37%
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 adults with no qualification at 15%, Valmunster is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (88 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Valmunster
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valmunster | 52.2 | 34% | 0% | 1% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 4.1 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 4.1 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 8 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 9.1 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 10.2 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 10.7 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
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 Valmunster
What is the population of Valmunster?
88 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (97).
How old are Valmunster’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valmunster?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valmunster?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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