Puzieux ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.4%
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are single parents here. 146 residents in 65 households: that is Puzieux at the 2023 Census. The census found that 3.1% of households have no car in the town. This Vosges town has fewer households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns, at 23%.
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 Puzieux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Puzieux had 158 residents at the 2012 census and 146 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Puzieux changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 94% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%.
A median age of 47.3: Puzieux is older than 71% 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
■ Puzieux 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For Puzieux, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Puzieux sits below 90% of compared French towns for couples with children (15%)
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
One-person households: 38% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A higher share of second homes than 78% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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
Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.2% moved in within the last two years. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Puzieux, 5.3%.
Median standard of living: €26,860 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,860 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Puzieux sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (38%)
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
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Puzieux’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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Puzieux, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 74% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Puzieux has 23%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Puzieux (18%). Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Puzieux: 3 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puzieux | 47.3 | 25% | 5.3% | 0% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 2.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 9.3 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 11.5 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 14 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 15.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
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 Puzieux
What is the population of Puzieux?
146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (158).
How old are Puzieux’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puzieux?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puzieux?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Puzieux?
€26,860 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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