In Vigny, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 14% of homes are flats. At 4.1%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Vigny’s population at 389, in 160 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 Vigny
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Vigny had 316 residents at the 2012 census and 389 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vigny grew +23% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 93% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Moselle town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +16%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Vigny is younger than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vigny 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents are 65 or over in Vigny.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns: 35%
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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Vigny, 13%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Empty homes make up 7.7% in Vigny, more than in 61% 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. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.7% moved in within the last two years. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.8%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,260 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 €28,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 20%, a lower share than 94% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 81% of compared French towns: 19%. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Vigny
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 just over three fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.2% of residents are immigrants in Vigny.
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 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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
A fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns: 16%
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, Vigny has 26%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (389 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Vigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigny | 39.6 | 17% | 1.8% | 5.2% |
| Marly 10,286 · 8.1 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Pont-à-Mousson 14,190 · 9.7 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 9.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Metz 122,572 · 10.3 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 10.5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 10.6 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
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 Vigny
What is the population of Vigny?
389 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (316).
How old are Vigny’s residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vigny?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vigny?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vigny?
€28,260 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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