Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 6.9%
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Denipaire has 20%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 243, in 110 households. Flats make up about one in seven here (14%). 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 Denipaire
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Denipaire, 11% of its 130 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Denipaire sits above 88% of compared French towns for second homes (11%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 34%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 87% of compared French towns. With households without a car at 8.1%, Denipaire is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count.
−4% since 2012: slower than 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −6% in Vosges.
Denipaire is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Denipaire 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of Denipaire’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Vosges town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 16%, a lower share than 88% 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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are one person living alone here. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Median standard of living: €27,950 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.
Half of Denipaire’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,950 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns: 30%
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Denipaire.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Denipaire’s residents
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 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 make up 20% in Denipaire, less than in 90% 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
For Denipaire, the census puts married residents at 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 72% 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
On the census count, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 243 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Denipaire sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denipaire | 50.6 | 31% | 11% | 0% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 3.6 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 3.8 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 7 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Anould 3,234 · 10.5 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 11 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 12.1 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
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 Denipaire
What is the population of Denipaire?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (253).
How old are Denipaire’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Denipaire?
14, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Denipaire?
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 Denipaire?
€27,950 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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