Saint-Remy sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (3%)
The share of single-parent households is 2.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 518 people lived in Saint-Remy, in 230 households. Census figures put flats at 8.3% in the town. The town has more second homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 6.6%.
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.
Slower growth than 69% of compared French towns: Saint-Remy changed by ±0% since 2012
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
The median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six ±0%.
A median age of 47: Saint-Remy is older than 69% 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
■ Saint-Remy 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 91% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children in Saint-Remy. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Households average 2.3 people.
Saint-Remy sits below 72% of compared French towns for empty homes (5.2%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€27,270 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,270 a year: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 13%, a lower share than 54% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 11. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Saint-Remy comes in at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 90% of compared French towns: 2.1% of 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Saint-Remy has 52%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Saint-Remy, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 63% 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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Remy, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Remy | 47 | 24% | 6.6% | 2.1% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 4.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 4.4 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 6.9 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 8.2 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 8.7 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 10.7 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
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 Saint-Remy
What is the population of Saint-Remy?
518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (517).
How old are Saint-Remy’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Remy?
17, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Remy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Remy?
€27,270 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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