Aulnois ranks above 98% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of households have no car here. Aulnois’s 63 households held 159 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 1.3% of homes are flats. At 46%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Aulnois
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aulnois changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 54% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −6% in Vosges.
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% 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
■ Aulnois 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Aulnois’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. For Aulnois, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.5 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 14% in Aulnois, more than in 94% 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
The figure for second homes is 5.1% in Aulnois and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €25,270 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 €25,270 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Aulnois sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (31%)
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.3% of residents are immigrants in Aulnois
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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%. Elsewhere, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Aulnois has 45%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Aulnois, less than in 76% 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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (159 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Aulnois is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aulnois | 45.2 | 22% | 5.1% | 1.3% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 7.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 7.9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 8.5 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 16.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
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 Aulnois
What is the population of Aulnois?
159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (153).
How old are Aulnois’ residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aulnois?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aulnois?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aulnois?
€25,270 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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