Monthermé ranks above 96% of compared French towns on empty homes: 16%
Households headed by a manual worker: 27%, above 98% of compared French towns. 20% of households have no car, or about one in five. At 26%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Monthermé counted 2,138 residents and 1,020 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Monthermé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Monthermé had 2,423 residents at the 2012 census and 2,138 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (16%): 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 −12% change since 2012: slower than 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardennes town −9%.
Monthermé is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monthermé 50. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of Monthermé’s residents are 65 or older, against 25% in the median Ardennes town and 22% in the median compared French town; 17% are under 18. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 10% locally.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
19% of households are couples with children, below 79% 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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 41%, above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up about one in eight here (13%). Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Above 70% of compared French towns: 3.9% of homes 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
Turnover: 9.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in five, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A typical living standard of €22,220 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,220 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Monthermé has 38%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents: 41%, a lower share than 66% of compared French towns
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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 31% of adults out of school have no qualification in Monthermé. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Monthermé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthermé | 50 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 2.4 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 4.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Revin 5,716 · 5.6 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 7.4 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 8.5 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 9.9 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
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 Monthermé
What is the population of Monthermé?
2,138 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (2,423).
How old are Monthermé’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monthermé?
49, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monthermé?
INSEE counts 71 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monthermé?
€22,220 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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