Wisembach ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 15%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Wisembach was home to 427 people in 200 households. Roughly four in ten: 41% of households are headed by a retired person. Here 8.1% of 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 Wisembach
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Wisembach, 15% of its 270 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes stand empty, more than in 90% 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 without a car: 6%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. 8.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more.
Wisembach grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 51% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
A median age of 47.2: Wisembach is older than 71% 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
■ Wisembach 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 69% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Households average 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Few places have so few one-person households: 33% here, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,800 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,800 a year: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns, at 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 10% of the total. 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).
Below 86% of compared French towns: 2.5% of residents are immigrants
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 86% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 1.6% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Wisembach, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 57% 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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Wisembach. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Wisembach ranks below 83% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 427 to 2,582
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).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Wisembach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisembach | 47.2 | 26% | 15% | 2.5% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 3.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 6.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 7.3 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Anould 3,234 · 8.5 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Orbey 3,429 · 9.7 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 12% | 3.7% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 11.1 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
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 Wisembach
What is the population of Wisembach?
427 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (406).
How old are Wisembach’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wisembach?
40, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wisembach?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wisembach?
€25,800 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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