Half of Velving is over 57.1, older than 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person make up 56%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in 50: that is how common flats are in Velving (2%). Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 199 residents and 95 households in the town.
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 Velving
An older town
Half of Velving’s residents are under 57.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Velving had 229 residents at the 2012 census and 199 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Velving changed by −13% 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
The first five years brought −10%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
In Velving, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Velving 57.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Fewer one-person households than 86% of compared French towns: 28%
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 2.1 people on average. On couples with children, Velving sits higher than 64% of compared French towns: 28%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 5.4%, a lower share than 85% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. About one in 83: that is how common second homes are in Velving (1.2%). Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7%.
The median resident lives on €29,030 a year per consumption unit
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 €29,030 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Velving ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 5.6%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Velving has 11%. As a reference point, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 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.
The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 28: that is how common foreign nationals are in Velving (3.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
By its share of single residents (18%), Velving is below 98% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 77% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Velving. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 199 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Velving
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velving | 57.1 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| Bouzonville 3,721 · 3.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 17% |
| Boulay-Moselle 5,434 · 4.4 mi | 41.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 6.8% |
| Ham-sous-Varsberg 2,888 · 6.8 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 7% |
| Creutzwald 12,254 · 7.8 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 1% | 15% |
| Carling 3,291 · 9.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.4% | 10% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 9.9 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 Velving
What is the population of Velving?
199 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (229).
How old are Velving’s residents?
The median age is 57.1, older than 96% of compared French towns. 9.8% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Velving?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Velving?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Velving?
€29,030 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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