More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 39%
With a median age of 49, Laveline-devant-Bruyères is older than 79% of compared French towns. For Laveline-devant-Bruyères, the census puts second homes at 6.6%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 581, in 280 households. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of households are single parents here.
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 Laveline-devant-Bruyères
Fewer residents than in 2012
Laveline-devant-Bruyères had 642 residents at the 2012 census and 581 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 46 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Laveline-devant-Bruyères has changed by −10%, slower than 96% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 70% 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
■ Laveline-devant-Bruyères 49. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 69% of compared French towns: 12%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Laveline-devant-Bruyères: 26% of households are couples with children, above 51% 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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of one-person households here, 35%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
13% of homes stand empty, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
Households without a car make up 9.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. On the census count, 34% of homes are flats.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,380 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,380 a year: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a retired person, below 79% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 61% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%. Census figures put immigrants at 7.3% in Laveline-devant-Bruyères. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 72% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Married residents: 41% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
With adults with no qualification at 31%, Laveline-devant-Bruyères is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (581 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Laveline-devant-Bruyères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Laveline-devant-Bruyères
What is the population of Laveline-devant-Bruyères?
581 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (642).
How old are Laveline-devant-Bruyères’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laveline-devant-Bruyères?
23, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laveline-devant-Bruyères?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laveline-devant-Bruyères?
€22,380 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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