Couples with children make up 12% in Remiremont, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Here 73% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. 31% of residents are 65 or over. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. There were 4,110 households in Remiremont at the 2023 Census, home to 7,388 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 Remiremont
Many people living alone
55% of Remiremont’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Remiremont had 7,766 residents at the 2012 census and 7,388 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 630 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Remiremont changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 88% 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 those years, the median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then −4% to 2023.
Half of Remiremont is over 50.3, older than 84% 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
■ Remiremont 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are 15 to 24 in Remiremont.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
Remiremont sits above 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (55%)
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
A household here holds 1.7 people on average. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. On single-parent households, 10% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 91% of compared French towns: 13%
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
One household in four has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Census figures put households without a car at 22% in Remiremont. Households in social housing are more common here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
Median standard of living: €23,180 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,180 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 80% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 21.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.4%, a lower share than 64% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 13% of the total. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.1% of residents are immigrants, 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 6.8% in Remiremont and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 32% of residents 15 and over are married
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 31% in Remiremont. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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.
The youngest is Gières (36), the oldest Perros-Guirec (62.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Remiremont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remiremont | 50.3 | 31% | 3% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 1.1 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 1.7 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 5.5 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Vagney 3,843 · 6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9% | 2.7% |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,419 · 6.7 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 7 mi | 52.8 | 33% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
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 Remiremont
What is the population of Remiremont?
7,388 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (7,766).
How old are Remiremont’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Remiremont?
150, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Remiremont?
INSEE counts 670 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 500 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Remiremont?
€23,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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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