Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 1.7%
In Montanges, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town is home to 369 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 25: that is how common households without a car are in Montanges (4%). Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 2.7% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Montanges
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montanges, 13% of its 220 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 96% 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 26 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.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Empty homes: 12% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.9% moved in within the last two years. Flats are rarer here than in 81% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Montanges outgrew 72% of compared French towns: +11%
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ain town +13%. The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +7% from 2017 to 2023.
Montanges is younger than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montanges 41. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 19%, Montanges is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 5.4% of households are single parents in Montanges
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Montanges, 37%. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children come to 30% here, about three in ten.
Median standard of living: €32,840 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 €32,840 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 48% of households are headed by a retired person
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 5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Against that, 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).
4.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% 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.
The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 67% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 24: that is how common foreign nationals are in Montanges (4.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 75% of compared French towns: 46%
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 trails 74% of compared French towns: 23%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 87% 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
Here, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 369 to 2,582 people, the 4th youngest
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).
Older than Montanges: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Montanges
What is the population of Montanges?
369 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (333).
How old are Montanges’ residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montanges?
28, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montanges?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montanges?
€32,840 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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