Couples with children: 50%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 7.7% in Monesple. By contrast, the median age in the town is 49, higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 26 residents in the town, living in 13 households. Census figures put empty homes at 5.6% here.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Monesple
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monesple, 22% of its 18 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Monesple’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Monesple, 22% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, Monesple outgrew 77% of compared French towns: +13%
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 +17% to 2017, then −4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Ariège.
Monesple sits above 93% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (35%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monesple 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Monesple sits above 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (50%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Monesple ranks above 86% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 12%
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 share of immigrants tops 77% of compared French towns: 12%. As a reference point, 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 lower share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 27%, a higher share than 85% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Monesple comes in at 23%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (26 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Monesple and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monesple | 49 | 35% | 22% | 12% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 7.4 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 7.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 8.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 9.3 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 10.8 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Foix 9,934 · 11.7 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
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 Monesple
What is the population of Monesple?
26 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (23).
How old are Monesple’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monesple?
4, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monesple?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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