Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Lamarche is over 56.1
13% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Lamarche had 786 residents in 390 households at the 2023 census. In Lamarche, 7.5% of homes are second homes. Households headed by a manager or professional 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 Lamarche
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lamarche had 999 residents at the 2012 census and 786 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Lamarche’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 140 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −21% since 2012, behind 99% 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 Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six −13%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lamarche 56.1. 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 Lamarche comes in at 6%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
In Lamarche, 46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 86% 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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. 11% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 59% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Lamarche sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (24%)
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
Without a car: one household in seven, against 11% in the median compared French town. Fewer flats than in 72% of compared French towns: 18%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 15% of households have no car, or about one in seven.
The median resident lives on €22,570 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Lamarche sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (46%)
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, below 88% of compared French towns
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 88% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 1.4% in Lamarche.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 79% of compared French towns, at 38%
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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Lamarche, 24%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 9.6%
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 make up 40%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 786 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 2 towns around Lamarche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamarche | 56.1 | 38% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 9.5 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 12 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 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 Lamarche
What is the population of Lamarche?
786 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (999).
How old are Lamarche’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lamarche?
42, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lamarche?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lamarche?
€22,570 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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