Half of Vervezelle is over 55, older than 94% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 9% of homes are second homes. Here just over one in ten homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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 Vervezelle
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vervezelle had 132 residents at the 2012 census and 108 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vervezelle’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −18% change since 2012: slower than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −18%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vosges town −6%.
9.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 77% 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
■ Vervezelle 55. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Vervezelle has 24%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Vervezelle ranks below 88% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Vervezelle has 18%. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.5% (under two years). Set beside that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns.
At the median, €26,560 a year to live on
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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,560 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Vervezelle: 55% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% 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
Here, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vervezelle ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.9%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vervezelle sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (62%)
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
The share of single residents is 17%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
With graduates of higher education at 27%, Vervezelle is behind just over three fifths of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 108 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Vervezelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vervezelle | 55 | 24% | 9% | 0.9% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 1.2 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 5.4 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Anould 3,234 · 9.7 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 9.8 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 10.6 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 10.7 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
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 Vervezelle
What is the population of Vervezelle?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (132).
How old are Vervezelle’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vervezelle?
6, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vervezelle?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vervezelle?
€26,560 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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