Rapey sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (100%)
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 13%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 24 residents in Rapey, living in 9 households. 26% more people than in 2012.
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 Rapey
Growing fast
Rapey had 19 residents at the 2012 census and 24 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 2 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Rapey’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +26% change since 2012: Rapey grew faster than 95% 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 +21%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Rapey is under 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rapey 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Rapey sits above 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (50%)
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 average 2.6 people. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
The largest group of households: retired (100%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Rapey’s residents
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.
Only 32% of residents 15 and over are married in Rapey
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 21% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 73% 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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (24 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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).
Rapey is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapey | 39.5 | 13% | 0% | 0% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 4.3 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 5.6 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 8.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 11.7 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 12.9 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 13.4 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Rapey
What is the population of Rapey?
24 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (19).
How old are Rapey’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rapey?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rapey?
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%.
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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