Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.2% of households have no car
The share of households headed by a retired person is 42%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24. 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. There were 220 households in Pair-et-Grandrupt at the 2023 Census, home to 486 residents.
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 Pair-et-Grandrupt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pair-et-Grandrupt had 547 residents at the 2012 census and 486 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pair-et-Grandrupt’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pair-et-Grandrupt changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then −5% to 2023.
Half of Pair-et-Grandrupt is over 51, older than 86% 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
■ Pair-et-Grandrupt 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns: 13%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children in Pair-et-Grandrupt.
More empty homes than 76% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 31%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. With flats at 18%, Pair-et-Grandrupt is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count.
Standard of living at the median: €26,300 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 €26,300 a year: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Only 6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Pair-et-Grandrupt
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker in Pair-et-Grandrupt. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% 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: 0.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Married residents: 52%, a higher share than 95% 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
Here a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Pair-et-Grandrupt, less than in 70% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (486 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Pair-et-Grandrupt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pair-et-Grandrupt | 51 | 26% | 2.4% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 3 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 6.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Anould 3,234 · 7 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 8.2 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 8.3 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 11.5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
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 Pair-et-Grandrupt
What is the population of Pair-et-Grandrupt?
486 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (547).
How old are Pair-et-Grandrupt’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pair-et-Grandrupt?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pair-et-Grandrupt?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pair-et-Grandrupt?
€26,300 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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