Half of Le Puid is over 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 58 households in Le Puid at the 2023 Census, home to 116 residents. Roughly two in ten: 18% of households are single parents. Flats make up 9.5%, against 30% in the typical compared French 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 Le Puid
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Puid, 28% of its 98 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Le Puid’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Le Puid had 96 residents at the 2012 census and 116 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 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.
Le Puid sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (28%)
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
With empty homes at 13%, Le Puid is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.5%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Long tenure is the mark of 11% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years).
Faster growth than 91% of compared French towns: Le Puid changed by +21% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Puid 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Le Puid, 33% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 81% 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
Households average 2 people. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 55% of compared French towns: 36%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,030 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.
The median standard of living in Le Puid is €28,030 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 27%, a higher share than 99% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are headed by a retired person in Le Puid. In the typical compared French town, 14% 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).
Le Puid: 8.8% of residents are immigrants, above 64% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 6.1% in Le Puid. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Le Puid sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (15%)
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
The figure for married residents is 49% in Le Puid and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
More graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 35%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Le Puid, 17%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 116 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Le Puid
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Puid | 55.3 | 33% | 28% | 8.8% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 6.2 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 8.3 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 9.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 9.3 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 12.1 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 14.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
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 Le Puid
What is the population of Le Puid?
116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (96).
How old are Le Puid’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Puid?
27, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Puid?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Puid?
€28,030 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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