Tendon ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 29%
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Tendon comes in at 3%. 499 residents in 220 households: that is Tendon at the 2023 Census. For Tendon, the census puts households without a car at 3.2%. Couples with children are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns.
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 Tendon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 93 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tendon, 29% of its 330 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 91% 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.
In Tendon, 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes are flats in Tendon.
Tendon changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 77% 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
The median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six −3%.
Older than 76% of compared French towns: half of Tendon is over 48.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tendon 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%. In Tendon, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Tendon sits below 65% of compared French towns for one-person households (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
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Tendon has 8.8%. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Households average 2.2 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,080 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.
At €26,080 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are headed by a retired person in Tendon. This Vosges town has more households headed by a manual worker than 52% of compared French towns, at 14%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.8% of residents are immigrants in Tendon
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Tendon comes in at 0.2%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Tendon ranks above 58% of compared French towns on married residents: 44%
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
Here, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 29%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 499 to 2,582 people
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).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Tendon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendon | 48.3 | 22% | 29% | 0.8% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 3.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 5.4 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 6.2 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 7.4 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 7.6 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Vagney 3,843 · 8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9% | 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 Tendon
What is the population of Tendon?
499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (508).
How old are Tendon’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tendon?
93, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tendon?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tendon?
€26,080 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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