Mortagne sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (33%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Mortagne, 2.2% of households have no car. 196 residents in 89 households: that is Mortagne at the 2023 Census. Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are 65 or over here.
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 Mortagne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mortagne, 33% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Mortagne had 159 residents at the 2012 census and 196 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Mortagne has 3.6%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A +23% change since 2012: Mortagne grew faster than 93% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vosges town −6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +15%.
Older than 60% of compared French towns: half of Mortagne is over 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mortagne 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Mortagne.
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%.
Single-parent households: 5.9%, a lower share than 96% 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
By its share of couples with children (24%), Mortagne is below nearly three fifths of compared French towns. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A typical living standard of €24,400 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 Mortagne is €24,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 35%
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
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 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).
In Mortagne, 4.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% 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 census found that 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Mortagne. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
In Mortagne, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (196 to 2,582 people), the 21st oldest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Mortagne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortagne | 45.6 | 13% | 33% | 4.6% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 4.5 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 7.5 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 8.4 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 9 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 10.2 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Anould 3,234 · 10.3 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
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 Mortagne
What is the population of Mortagne?
196 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Mortagne’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mortagne?
46, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mortagne?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mortagne?
€24,400 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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