Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24
Couples with children make up 16%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 692 residents in Montvicq, living in 360 households. Households in social housing account for 2.5%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 7.3%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Montvicq
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montvicq, 12% of its 500 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 84 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montvicq had 731 residents at the 2012 census and 692 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes stand empty, more than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Montvicq comes in at 12%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7.6% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Montvicq: −5%
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 −4% to 2023.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Montvicq is over 50.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montvicq 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (26%), Montvicq is above 73% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns, at 5.7%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. One-person households are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Median standard of living: €23,610 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,610 a year: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Montvicq sits above 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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
Across Montvicq, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Little separates the share of households headed by a retired person here, 32%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 96% of compared French towns: 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.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 26 here (3.9%). Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A larger share of married residents than 72% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Montvicq comes in at 23%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Montvicq sits below 68% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (25%)
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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 692 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Montvicq
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montvicq | 50.2 | 26% | 12% | 3.9% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 4.6 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 10 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 10.8 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 10.9 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 12.8 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 13.6 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
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 Montvicq
What is the population of Montvicq?
692 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (731).
How old are Montvicq’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montvicq?
57, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montvicq?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montvicq?
€23,610 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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