A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
With a median age of 38.9, Morelmaison is younger than 84% of compared French towns. About one in 29: that is how common households without a car are in Morelmaison (3.4%). Second homes make up 6.7%, against 2.1% 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 78% of compared French towns grew faster than Morelmaison: −2%
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 −6% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Morelmaison 38.9. The median compared French town: 44.
17% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Morelmaison ranks above 64% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up about one in three here (33%). To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 2.3 people.
Empty homes: 10%, a higher share than 80% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 17% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more.
Standard of living at the median: €25,720 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.
Living standards centre on €25,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Morelmaison, 11%. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Morelmaison (33%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.5%, a lower share than 97% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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 share of married residents trails 88% of compared French towns: 36%. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 15% in Morelmaison and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 195 to 2,582
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.
Morelmaison is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morelmaison | 38.9 | 17% | 6.7% | 1.5% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 8.3 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 9.4 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 10.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 10.3 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 17.8 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
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 Morelmaison
What is the population of Morelmaison?
195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (199).
How old are Morelmaison’s residents?
The median age is 38.9, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Morelmaison?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Morelmaison?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% 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 Morelmaison?
€25,720 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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