A median age of 54.6: Belval is older than 93% of compared French towns
Here 29% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. In 2023, the Census found 148 residents in Belval, living in 68 households. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.4% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Belval
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Belval, 30% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Belval’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Belval had 161 residents at the 2012 census and 148 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.5% of households have no car, below 99% 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 share of second homes is 30%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common empty homes are in Belval (10%).
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 95% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then −5% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.3% in Belval, less than in 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
■ Belval 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Belval, 30% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. 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 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Belval ranks above 93% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 14%
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
In Belval, 29% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,830 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.
Living standards centre on €26,830 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Belval: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 88% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 29%, Belval is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 68% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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: 5.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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
16% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
More graduates of higher education than in half of compared French towns: 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (148 to 2,582 people), 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Belval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belval | 54.6 | 30% | 30% | 5.6% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 7.2 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 8.1 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 9.7 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 9.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 12.7 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 14.8 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
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 Belval
What is the population of Belval?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (161).
How old are Belval’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belval?
34, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belval?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belval?
€26,830 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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