A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns: 48%
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Ménil-sur-Belvitte has 28%. In 2023, the Census found 288 residents here, living in 130 households. Flats make up about one in 13 here (7.6%). Households in social housing 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 Ménil-sur-Belvitte
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ménil-sur-Belvitte had 306 residents at the 2012 census and 288 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ménil-sur-Belvitte has changed by −6%, slower than 91% 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 −4% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vosges town −6%.
A median age of 47.5: Ménil-sur-Belvitte is older than 72% 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
■ Ménil-sur-Belvitte 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Ménil-sur-Belvitte, 9.7%. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
Ménil-sur-Belvitte ranks below 80% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 8%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Ménil-sur-Belvitte has more couples with children than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 28%.
6.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 81% 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
5.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 35% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Fewer households without a car than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%. Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,450 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 Ménil-sur-Belvitte is €24,450 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns: 4%
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 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Ménil-sur-Belvitte comes in at 24%. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.7% in Ménil-sur-Belvitte, 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. Typically, 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
27% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
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
Adults with no qualification: a fifth of the total. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 288 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Ménil-sur-Belvitte: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménil-sur-Belvitte | 47.5 | 23% | 6.2% | 0.7% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 4 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 4.7 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 7 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 9.8 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 12.6 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 13.6 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
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 Ménil-sur-Belvitte
What is the population of Ménil-sur-Belvitte?
288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (306).
How old are Ménil-sur-Belvitte’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ménil-sur-Belvitte?
9, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ménil-sur-Belvitte?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% 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 Ménil-sur-Belvitte?
€24,450 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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