Households in social housing: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
4.1% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Fewer flats than in 86% of compared French towns: 10%. At the 2023 Census, 1,048 people lived in Dom-le-Mesnil, in 430 households. For Dom-le-Mesnil, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 5.9%.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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.
Dom-le-Mesnil changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 75% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Ardennes town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% in Dom-le-Mesnil, less than in 74% 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
■ Dom-le-Mesnil 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Dom-le-Mesnil is below 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. The median age here is 45.2, higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. At 9.4%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children in Dom-le-Mesnil.
Fewer empty homes than 79% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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
3.6% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Of all households, 7.8% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,370 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Dom-le-Mesnil’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,370 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Dom-le-Mesnil ranks below 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (35%), Dom-le-Mesnil is above 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
Dom-le-Mesnil ranks below 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.6%
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.
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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 married residents tops nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 45%. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 20%
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
27% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,048 to 2,582 people
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.
Dom-le-Mesnil sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dom-le-Mesnil | 45.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 1.6% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 3.3 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 4 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 4.6 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 5.8 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 6.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 9.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
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 Dom-le-Mesnil
What is the population of Dom-le-Mesnil?
1,048 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,061).
How old are Dom-le-Mesnil’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dom-le-Mesnil?
17, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dom-le-Mesnil?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dom-le-Mesnil?
€25,370 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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