Second homes: 28%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 117 residents in Vienville, living in 58 households. Put another way, about one in 13: 8% of homes are flats. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Vienville comes in at 6%.
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 Vienville
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vienville, 28% of its 88 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vienville had 128 residents at the 2012 census and 117 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 87% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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
One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Here, 5.7% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Vienville changed by −9% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%.
Vienville is older than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vienville 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Vienville has 18%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 17% of households are couples with children in Vienville
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 just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Vienville has 42%. Lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 8.3% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. A household here holds 2 people on average.
€24,590 a year: the median standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Vienville is €24,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 33% in Vienville, more than in 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
In Vienville, just over two in five households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Vienville. For comparison, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 97% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Vienville comes in at 46%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Vienville, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
On the census count, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Vienville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienville | 47.8 | 18% | 28% | 0.9% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 2.9 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Anould 3,234 · 5.1 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 6 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Gérardmer 7,581 · 7.1 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 41% | 6.8% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 7.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 9.4 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 Vienville
What is the population of Vienville?
117 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (128).
How old are Vienville’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vienville?
25, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vienville?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vienville?
€24,590 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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