Couples with children: 40%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Avranville comes in at 43%. More second homes than in 78% of compared French towns: 5.4%. Its 28 households held 66 residents at the 2023 Census. For Avranville, the census puts flats at 4.9%.
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 Avranville
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Avranville had 84 residents at the 2012 census and 66 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 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.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Avranville changed by −21% 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
In two steps, −17% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −6% in Vosges.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 1.6%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Avranville 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Avranville is 46.5, higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 20%, a lower share than 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
In Avranville, 14% of homes stand empty, 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
Car-free households: one in nine, where the median compared French town has 11%. The census found that 12% of households have no car in Avranville. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Avranville ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 60%
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).
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 4.9% in Avranville. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Here 55% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (66 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Avranville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avranville | 46.5 | 43% | 5.4% | 4.9% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 9.1 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 17.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
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 Avranville
What is the population of Avranville?
66 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (84).
How old are Avranville’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avranville?
2, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avranville?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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