Dombasle-devant-Darney is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.4
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 78 residents in Dombasle-devant-Darney, living in 40 households. For Dombasle-devant-Darney, the census puts households headed by a retired person 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 Dombasle-devant-Darney
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dombasle-devant-Darney, 19% of its 57 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Dombasle-devant-Darney’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dombasle-devant-Darney had 87 residents at the 2012 census and 78 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dombasle-devant-Darney sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (19%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Dombasle-devant-Darney has 10%. Turnover: 2.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 37% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Dombasle-devant-Darney changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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%. The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
Dombasle-devant-Darney sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (41%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dombasle-devant-Darney 56.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Dombasle-devant-Darney comes in at 6.3%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 82% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Households average 1.9 people. At 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 44%, a higher share than 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Dombasle-devant-Darney’s 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.
Foreign nationals 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Adults with no qualification account for 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 78 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Dombasle-devant-Darney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dombasle-devant-Darney | 56.4 | 41% | 19% | 0% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 7.7 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 9.1 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 12.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 15.3 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 16.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 17 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 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 Dombasle-devant-Darney
What is the population of Dombasle-devant-Darney?
78 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (87).
How old are Dombasle-devant-Darney’s residents?
The median age is 56.4, older than 95% of compared French towns. 8.9% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dombasle-devant-Darney?
11, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dombasle-devant-Darney?
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%.
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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