Couples with children: 40%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
3.2% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Higher than in 81% of compared French towns: 6.4% of homes are second homes. In 2023, the Census found 55 residents in Brechainville, living in 25 households. Here, three in five households are headed by a retired person.
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 Brechainville
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Brechainville: −4%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +7%; 2017 to 2023, −10%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 15%, a higher share than 96% 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
■ Brechainville 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Brechainville’s residents are over 47.7, older than in 73% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 69% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Brechainville ranks above 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 16%
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
8.3% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns: 20%
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. Against that, 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).
7.7% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 32% of residents 15 and over are married
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Brechainville. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification here. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 55 to 2,582 people
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.
Brechainville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brechainville | 47.7 | 21% | 6.4% | 7.7% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 9.6 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 16.6 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 Brechainville
What is the population of Brechainville?
55 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (57).
How old are Brechainville’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brechainville?
2, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brechainville?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (7.7%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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