Langley is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.3
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Langley has 14%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 140, in 74 households. Across Langley, 5.8% of households have no car.
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 Langley
An older town
Half of Langley’s residents are under 59.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Langley had 184 residents at the 2012 census and 140 in 2023, down 24%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−24% since 2012: slower than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −13%, and from 2017 to 2023 −13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
Langley ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Langley 59.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Langley. Against that, 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%.
Langley ranks above 53% of compared French towns on one-person households: 36%
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Langley sits below 91% of compared French towns for flats (7.8%)
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
One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Langley has more second homes than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 2.9%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 14 here (6.9%).
At the median, €26,690 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €26,690 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Langley sits above 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (50%)
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Langley comes in at 14%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. Put another way, about one in five: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Langley, 0.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Langley comes in at 50%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Langley, less than in 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Langley has 25%. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 140 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Langley
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | 59.3 | 38% | 2.9% | 0.8% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 1.8 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 8.6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 9.9 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 12.4 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 13.9 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Damelevières 3,080 · 14 mi | 43.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
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 Langley
What is the population of Langley?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% fewer than in 2012 (184).
How old are Langley’s residents?
The median age is 59.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.2% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Langley?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Langley?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% 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 Langley?
€26,690 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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