Photo: Jeanlouiszimmermann · Public domainBelow 96% of compared French towns: 13% of households are couples with children
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Mirecourt, 14%. By contrast, this Vosges town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns, at 4.8%. At the 2023 Census, 4,700 people lived here, in 2,480 households. On the census count, 63% of homes are flats.
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 Mirecourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mirecourt had 5,774 residents at the 2012 census and 4,700 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
54% of Mirecourt’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 720 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Social housing
34% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 26% rent privately and 38% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−19% since 2012, a pace below 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
The median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −9% and the next six −10%.
Half of Mirecourt is over 49.2, older than 80% 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
■ Mirecourt 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Mirecourt has 25%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 54% in Mirecourt, more than in 97% 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
Single-parent households make up 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households here average 1.8 people each.
In Mirecourt, 22% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
The share of households in social housing tops 95% of compared French towns: 34%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 16%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. Mirecourt has more households without a car than 87% of compared French towns, at 22%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
At the median, €21,870 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,870 a year: lower than in 89% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 25.0%.
Mirecourt sits above 66% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (35%), Mirecourt is above 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
6.1% of Mirecourt’s residents are immigrants
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 54% of compared French towns. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Mirecourt (6.1%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 3.9%, about the same as 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.
Married residents: 33%, a lower share than 94% 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
Single residents make up 36%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 29% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 30.5 in Auzeville-Tolosane to 57.2 in Bourbon-Lancy.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Mirecourt are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirecourt | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 8.8 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 10.9 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 13.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 13.6 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 15.6 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 16.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
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 Mirecourt
What is the population of Mirecourt?
4,700 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (5,774).
How old are Mirecourt’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mirecourt?
69, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mirecourt?
INSEE counts 290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mirecourt?
€21,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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