Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
By its share of households without a car (4.3%), Charmois-devant-Bruyères is below 92% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 373 residents locally, living in 170 households. 11% 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 Charmois-devant-Bruyères
Fewer residents than in 2012
Charmois-devant-Bruyères had 412 residents at the 2012 census and 373 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Charmois-devant-Bruyères changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 96% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vosges town −6%.
A median age of 48.9: Charmois-devant-Bruyères is older than 79% 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
■ Charmois-devant-Bruyères 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Charmois-devant-Bruyères sits below 70% of compared French towns for one-person households (31%)
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. On single-parent households, Charmois-devant-Bruyères sits lower than just over three quarters of compared French towns: 8.4%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. 28% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 67% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Charmois-devant-Bruyères comes in at 3.1%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.1% moved in within the last two years.
Median living standard: €25,730 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 €25,730 a year: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 94% 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 retired person: 36%, above 71% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Charmois-devant-Bruyères, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Charmois-devant-Bruyères’ residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Charmois-devant-Bruyères, 48%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Charmois-devant-Bruyères
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (373 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Charmois-devant-Bruyères are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmois-devant-Bruyères | 48.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 0% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 5.4 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 6.3 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 6.4 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 7.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 7.6 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 9.2 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
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 Charmois-devant-Bruyères
What is the population of Charmois-devant-Bruyères?
373 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (412).
How old are Charmois-devant-Bruyères’ residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charmois-devant-Bruyères?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charmois-devant-Bruyères?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charmois-devant-Bruyères?
€25,730 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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