Half of Les Vallois is under 35.4, younger than 96% of compared French towns
11% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The 2023 Census put Les Vallois’s population at 128, in 46 households. Here, one in ten homes are flats. 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 Les Vallois
A young town
Half of Les Vallois’ residents are under 35.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (25%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +6% change since 2012: Les Vallois grew faster than 54% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vosges town −6%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Vallois 35.4. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Les Vallois (11%). Typically, 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%.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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
33% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.8 people on average.
25% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Median living standard: €23,620 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.
At €23,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 70% 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
Locally, a third of households are headed by a retired person. As a reference point, 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).
Immigrants make up 0.8% in Les Vallois, less 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.
The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
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 married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
With single residents at 31%, Les Vallois is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns: 13%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Les Vallois. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 128 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.
Ages run from 35.4 in Les Vallois to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Les Vallois
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Vallois | 35.4 | 12% | 0% | 0.8% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 8.5 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 10 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 10.5 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 14.2 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 14.3 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 14.5 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 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 Les Vallois
What is the population of Les Vallois?
128 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (121).
How old are Les Vallois’ residents?
The median age is 35.4, younger than 96% of compared French towns. 34% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Vallois?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Vallois?
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 Les Vallois?
€23,620 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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