56% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 7.1%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. 5.6% of households are single parents. With a median age of 49.7, Relanges is older than 82% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Relanges was home to 189 people in 94 households.
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 Relanges
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Relanges, 22% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Relanges had 214 residents at the 2012 census and 189 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
22% of homes in Relanges are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Relanges, 11% of homes stand empty. By its share of households without a car (7.4%), Relanges is below 70% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, −10%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of compared French towns, at 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Relanges 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.9% in Relanges. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 17% of households are couples with children in Relanges
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
The figure for one-person households is 39% in Relanges and 35% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
A median of €25,200 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,200 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 28% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). For comparison, 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).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 85% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.1% in Relanges and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Relanges has 51%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Relanges sits above 71% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (23%)
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Relanges. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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 Relanges: 2 of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relanges | 49.7 | 32% | 22% | 2.6% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 6.8 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 7.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 14.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 17.7 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
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 Relanges
What is the population of Relanges?
189 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (214).
How old are Relanges’ residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Relanges?
30, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Relanges?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Relanges?
€25,200 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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