Half of Norroy is over 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns
Second homes: 8.9% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. There were 100 households in Norroy at the 2023 Census, home to 203 residents. Locally, 11% of households are couples with children. Fewer flats than in 87% of compared French towns: 9.5%.
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 Norroy
An older town
Half of Norroy’s residents are under 59.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Norroy had 232 residents at the 2012 census and 203 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Norroy has changed by −13%, slower than 98% 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 those years, the median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then −9% to 2023.
Norroy: 41% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Norroy 59.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Norroy, 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 32% in Norroy, less than in 68% 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
Households here average 2 people each. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 58% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents.
A smaller share of households without a car than 79% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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
In Norroy, nearly one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €28,030 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,030 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 42% in Norroy, more than in 88% 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
Just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 5.3%. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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 86% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Norroy, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 81% of compared French towns: 48%
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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Norroy. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Norroy, 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
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 have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (203 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Norroy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norroy | 59.8 | 41% | 8.9% | 2.6% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 1.7 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 2.6 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 11.4 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 14.1 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
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 Norroy
What is the population of Norroy?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (232).
How old are Norroy’s residents?
The median age is 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.3% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Norroy?
11, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Norroy?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Norroy?
€28,030 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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