Wiesviller is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.7
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 0.9% in Wiesviller. Households without a car account for 5.4%. More households headed by a retired person than in 83% of compared French towns: 40%. This Moselle town had 914 residents in 420 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Wiesviller
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wiesviller had 1,012 residents at the 2012 census and 914 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Wiesviller’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 97% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
In Wiesviller, 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% 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
■ Wiesviller 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Wiesviller. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 4.7% in Wiesviller, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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 2.2 people on average. 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are couples with children in Wiesviller.
15% of homes are flats, below 77% 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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Wiesviller, the census puts second homes at 0.6%.
€28,430 a year: the median standard of living
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 €28,430 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 57% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 stands at 13%. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.4% of Wiesviller’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. Locally, 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Wiesviller, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Wiesviller, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 914 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Wiesviller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiesviller | 53.7 | 28% | 0.6% | 6.4% |
| Sarreguemines 20,143 · 4.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 5.9 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 7.4 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
| Grosbliederstroff 3,346 · 8.1 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 31% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 10.7 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
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 Wiesviller
What is the population of Wiesviller?
914 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,012).
How old are Wiesviller’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wiesviller?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wiesviller?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wiesviller?
€28,430 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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