Charmes ranks above 96% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
By its share of households in social housing (19%), Charmes is above 75% of compared French towns. Roughly two in ten: 20% of households are couples with children. Households without a car are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The town is home to 4,484 residents in 2,160 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Charmes
Empty homes
The census found 390 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 84% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vosges town −6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Charmes is younger than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charmes 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 12% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On residents aged 65 and over, Charmes sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Charmes: 43% of households are one person living alone, above 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
Just over one in ten households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household.
52% of homes are flats, more than in 77% 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 trails 90% of compared French towns: 0.7%. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€23,040 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 22.0% of residents.
Charmes sits above 81% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (19%)
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 manager or professional at 6.3%, Charmes is behind nearly three quarters of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Put another way, about one in three: 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Charmes, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 77% 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.
In Charmes, 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 92% 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
With single residents at 30%, Charmes is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 21%
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, a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Jacob-Bellecombette (36.6), the youngest, and Banyuls-sur-Mer (60.7), the oldest.
Charmes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmes | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 8.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 10.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Damelevières 3,080 · 13.6 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 13.8 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau 3,893 · 13.8 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 0.4% | 2.2% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 15.3 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
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 Charmes
What is the population of Charmes?
4,484 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (4,653).
How old are Charmes’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charmes?
18, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charmes?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charmes?
€23,040 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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