Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 4% in Rambervillers and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The town had 5,018 residents in 2,380 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 43% of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many flats: 46% here, more than in 70% of compared French towns.
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 Rambervillers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rambervillers had 5,511 residents at the 2012 census and 5,018 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 530 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 96% 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 −6%, then −3% to 2023.
Rambervillers sits above 72% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rambervillers 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%. The median age in Rambervillers is 47, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
18% of households are couples with children, below 82% 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
On average, 2 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Rambervillers has more single-parent households than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 12%.
More households without a car than 87% of compared French towns: 22%
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 just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Rambervillers has 15%. The share of second homes stands at 1.4%. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€20,920 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €20,920 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 94% of compared French towns. 27.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21% in Rambervillers, more than in 85% 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
In Rambervillers, 37% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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 Rambervillers, 6.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 66% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%. 7.3% of residents are immigrants. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Rambervillers. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Rambervillers sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (14%)
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
With adults with no qualification at 35%, Rambervillers is ahead of 98% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th oldest of 41 French towns of 4,963 to 5,073 people
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 31.7 in Bezannes to 58.6 in Gruissan.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Rambervillers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rambervillers | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 8.7 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 10.1 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 10.4 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 12 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 12.7 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 14 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
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 Rambervillers
What is the population of Rambervillers?
5,018 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (5,511).
How old are Rambervillers’ residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rambervillers?
41, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rambervillers?
INSEE counts 370 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 320 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rambervillers?
€20,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 27.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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