Couples with children: 43%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In Vany, 1.2% of households have no car. With a median age of 40.2, Vany is younger than 78% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 478 people lived here, in 180 households.
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 Vany
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 5.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Vany had 328 residents at the 2012 census and 478 in 2023, up 46%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+46% since 2012, a pace 99% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle. Here the change came as +25% to 2017, then +17% to 2023.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 79% 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
■ Vany 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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, 2.6 people share a household. At 5.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Only 1.6% of homes are flats in Vany
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 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.5% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Add to that, in Vany, 4.4% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €37,290 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 €37,290 a year: higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 28%, a lower share than 72% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.4%, a lower share than 87% 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: 2.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Vany, 18%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Vany, 9% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Vany has 50%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Vany and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vany | 40.2 | 18% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 2.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Metz 122,572 · 3.9 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Woippy 14,967 · 4 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin 4,684 · 4.8 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.6% | 9.3% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 5.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
| Maizières-lès-Metz 11,580 · 5.6 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.2% | 13% |
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 Vany
What is the population of Vany?
478 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 46% more than in 2012 (328).
How old are Vany’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vany?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vany?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vany?
€37,290 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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