A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 31%
Couples with children are more common here than in 79% of compared French towns. Locally, 6.2% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put Monthurel’s population at 135, in 64 households. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% locally.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Monthurel
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monthurel, 11% of its 79 homes: higher than in 89% 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
Monthurel had 148 residents at the 2012 census and 135 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.
11% of homes in Monthurel are second homes
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
There is little gap on empty homes: 7.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then −11% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Aisne.
Half of Monthurel is over 49.2, older than 80% 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
■ Monthurel 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Monthurel, 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Each household has 2.1 people on average. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€27,320 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Monthurel is €27,320 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Monthurel: 23% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 92% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are headed by a retired person in Monthurel. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.2%, a lower share than 90% 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 Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The census found that 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Monthurel.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
With married residents at 47%, Monthurel is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 54% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Few places have as many adults with no qualification: 19% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 135 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Monthurel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthurel | 49.2 | 23% | 11% | 2.2% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 5.5 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 7.3 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 8.5 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 10.4 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 12.3 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Charly-sur-Marne 2,594 · 12.5 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.3% | 10% |
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 Monthurel
What is the population of Monthurel?
135 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (148).
How old are Monthurel’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monthurel?
9, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monthurel?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monthurel?
€27,320 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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