Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Pouzy-Mésangy is over 55.5
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of households are single parents here. At the 2023 Census, 378 people lived in Pouzy-Mésangy, in 200 households. Put another way, about one in 91: 1.1% of homes are flats. 43% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 90% 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 Pouzy-Mésangy
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pouzy-Mésangy, 14% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Pouzy-Mésangy’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pouzy-Mésangy had 403 residents at the 2012 census and 378 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pouzy-Mésangy: 14% of homes are second homes, above 91% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Pouzy-Mésangy, the census puts empty homes at 13%. The share of households without a car is 5.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
−6% since 2012: slower than 91% 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 median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −6%.
Only 4.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Pouzy-Mésangy
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pouzy-Mésangy 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 31% of residents are 65 or over in Pouzy-Mésangy. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 85% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Households average 1.9 people. On one-person households, Pouzy-Mésangy sits higher than 80% of compared French towns: 43%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,200 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.
Living standards centre on €24,200 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns: 17%
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 make up 7.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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 69% of compared French towns: 4.5% 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 Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 24 here (4.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pouzy-Mésangy ranks below 72% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
Married residents: just over two fifths of the total. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 1 of the 3 towns around Pouzy-Mésangy are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouzy-Mésangy | 55.5 | 31% | 14% | 4.5% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 9.3 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 16.9 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 17.2 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
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 Pouzy-Mésangy
What is the population of Pouzy-Mésangy?
378 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (403).
How old are Pouzy-Mésangy’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouzy-Mésangy?
39, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouzy-Mésangy?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouzy-Mésangy?
€24,200 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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