A town of second homes: 21% of its homes
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Sapois comes in at 26%. The town had 625 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census. Households in social housing account for 8.1%. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Sapois
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sapois, 21% of its 390 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 84% of compared French towns: 12%
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
With households without a car at 7.3%, Sapois is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. Empty homes make up about one in 19 here (5.4%). Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 83% of compared French towns: Sapois changed by −3% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
Half of Sapois is over 46, older than 64% 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
■ Sapois 46. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (24%), Sapois is above just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 67% of compared French towns: 32%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here 23% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,710 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,710 a year: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 67% 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 manager or professional: 9.1% of the total. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sapois sits below 66% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.7%)
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.
With foreign nationals at 3.1%, Sapois is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 66% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns: 50%
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 single residents is 25%; Sapois has 22%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Sapois: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 76% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Sapois comes in at 25%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 625 to 2,582 people, the 19th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Sapois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapois | 46 | 24% | 21% | 4.7% |
| Vagney 3,843 · 2.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9% | 2.7% |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte 2,566 · 5 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 21% | 4.4% |
| Cornimont 3,027 · 5.4 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% | 5.8% |
| La Bresse 3,853 · 5.9 mi | 56.6 | 35% | 54% | 2.9% |
| Gérardmer 7,581 · 6.1 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 41% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 7.2 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
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 Sapois
What is the population of Sapois?
625 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (647).
How old are Sapois’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sapois?
83, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sapois?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sapois?
€24,710 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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