A median age of 56.5: Grand is older than 96% of compared French towns
Here 56% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Grand had 372 residents in 180 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households: 39% of the total. At 12%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 58% 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 Grand
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Grand, 10% of its 260 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Grand’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Grand had 406 residents at the 2012 census and 372 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 57 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 10% of homes are second homes in Grand. Flats are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 42% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 95% 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 −11% to 2017, then +3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −6% in Vosges.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grand 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Grand has 32%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
Grand sits below 64% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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 2.1 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €21,630 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 Grand’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,630 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
2.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 98% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Grand has 28%. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.1% of residents are immigrants in Grand
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. The census found that 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Grand. As a yardstick, 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.
Grand sits above 82% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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: 39% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (372 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Grand
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand | 56.5 | 32% | 10% | 1.1% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 9.9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 16.1 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 Grand
What is the population of Grand?
372 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (406).
How old are Grand’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grand?
27, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grand?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Grand?
€21,630 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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