Half of Virming is under 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households tops 91% of compared French towns: 14%. In 2023, the Census found 297 residents in Virming, living in 140 households. Across Virming, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Virming
A young town
Half of Virming’s residents are under 38.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +5% since 2012 puts Virming ahead of 52% 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
Virming ranks below 90% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Virming 38.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents are 65 or over in Virming. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 74% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Only 4.3% of households have no car in Virming
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Virming comes in at 12%. Lower than in 74% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.9% moved in within the last two years.
Median living standard: €23,250 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 €23,250 a year: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
In Virming, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 76% 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 manager or professional make up about one in ten here (10%). Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 79% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 35% in Virming, less than in 89% 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
By its share of single residents (24%), Virming is below 61% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Virming. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 297 to 2,582 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Virming
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virming | 38.3 | 19% | 1.4% | 3.3% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 5.2 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 9.5 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 9.6 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 10 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 10.2 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 10.4 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
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 Virming
What is the population of Virming?
297 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (282).
How old are Virming’s residents?
The median age is 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Virming?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Virming?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Virming?
€23,250 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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