6.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 44%, above 91% of compared French towns. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.7% of homes are flats. Hennezel counted 386 residents and 190 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town.
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 Hennezel
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hennezel, 18% of its 280 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hennezel had 416 residents at the 2012 census and 386 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 44 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Hennezel’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Empty homes: 16% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Fewer households without a car than in 51% of compared French towns: 10%.
Slower growth than 93% of compared French towns: Hennezel changed by −7% since 2012
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 those years, the median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then −4% to 2023.
A median age of 50.7: Hennezel is older than 85% 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
■ Hennezel 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Hennezel, 27% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 79% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children here. Roughly four in ten: nearly two in five households are one person living alone. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €21,200 a year per consumption unit
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 €21,200 a year: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 27%
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
5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 84% of compared French towns, at 11%
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Hennezel comes in at 12%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 79% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Hennezel ranks below 85% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Hennezel has 47%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
33% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 386 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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).
Hennezel and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennezel | 50.7 | 27% | 18% | 12% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 12.7 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 12.7 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 13.4 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 13.7 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 16.9 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 17.3 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
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 Hennezel
What is the population of Hennezel?
386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (416).
How old are Hennezel’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hennezel?
49, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hennezel?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hennezel?
€21,200 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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