Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Bleurville is over 57.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bleurville is home to 281 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.6% of homes are flats. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Bleurville comes in at 44%.
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 Bleurville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bleurville had 349 residents at the 2012 census and 281 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bleurville’s residents are under 57.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 homes empty (20%): 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 than most: −19% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −6% for the median Vosges town, the change came in two steps: −12% from 2012 to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Bleurville ranks above 93% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 35%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bleurville 57.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bleurville. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 80% 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
The average household has 2 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone. Here 7.4% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
In Bleurville, 20% of homes stand empty, more than in 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
Second homes make up 9.1%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.7% here, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,820 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 €24,820 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 56% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bleurville sits below 67% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (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.
The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 5% of the total.
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 47% in Bleurville, more than in 80% 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
The figure for single residents is 23% in Bleurville and 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Bleurville ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 9.9%
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 tops 98% of compared French towns: 36%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (281 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
Bleurville is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleurville | 57.3 | 35% | 9.1% | 5% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 8.9 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 9.6 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
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 Bleurville
What is the population of Bleurville?
281 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (349).
How old are Bleurville’s residents?
The median age is 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bleurville?
18, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bleurville?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bleurville?
€24,820 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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