A median age of 65: Tignécourt is older than 99% of compared French towns
Here 70% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Tignécourt’s 50 households held 80 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.9% of households have no car. On flats, Tignécourt sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 4.9%.
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 Tignécourt
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tignécourt, 33% of its 79 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Tignécourt’s residents are under 65 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 50% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tignécourt had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 80 in 2023, down 32%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Tignécourt’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 32% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Tignécourt, 33% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, 3.8% of homes stand empty.
Slower than most: −32% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −6% for the median Vosges town, the change came in two steps: −11% from 2012 to 2017, then −24% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 50%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tignécourt 65. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.3%, Tignécourt is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 94% 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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There are 1.6 people in the average household.
Households headed by a manual worker: 10%, a lower share than 77% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Tignécourt, 4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 65% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 20 here (4.9%). The usual figure: 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.
Tignécourt ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 56%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Tignécourt. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Tignécourt
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Tignécourt has 31%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 80 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Tignécourt the oldest (65).
Tignécourt is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tignécourt | 65 | 50% | 33% | 4.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 9.7 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 11.3 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
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 Tignécourt
What is the population of Tignécourt?
80 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Tignécourt’s residents?
The median age is 65, older than 99% of compared French towns. 3.7% are under 18 and 50% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tignécourt?
26, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tignécourt?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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