2.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 98% of compared French towns
The figure for couples with children is 14% in Senones and 25% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.3% of homes are second homes in the town. More flats than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 42%. This Vosges town had 2,205 residents in 1,150 households at the 2023 census.
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 Senones
Fewer residents than in 2012
Senones had 2,513 residents at the 2012 census and 2,205 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 260 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Senones’ households are one person: higher than in 93% of compared French towns; 38% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Senones’ residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Senones 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 those years, the median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −11% to 2023.
Senones is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Senones 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 30%, Senones is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. Locally, 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 93% of compared French towns: 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
The share of single-parent households is 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.8 people in the average household.
A higher share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 share of households in social housing is 14%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Across Senones, just over a fifth of households have no car.
Median standard of living: €20,760 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 €20,760 a year: lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 28.0%.
Senones sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (23%)
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, two in five households are headed by a retired person here. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 69% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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 median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Senones sits below 90% of compared French towns for married residents (35%)
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
Single residents: 29% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Senones sits below 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 30%, above 92% of compared French towns.
Among 41 French towns of 2,205 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Senones
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senones | 51.9 | 30% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 3.5 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 6.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 7.4 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 11.6 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 11.7 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 13.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
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 Senones
What is the population of Senones?
2,205 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (2,513).
How old are Senones’ residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Senones?
79, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Senones?
INSEE counts 98 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Senones?
€20,760 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 28.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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