A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
23% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Le Mériot’s 240 households held 611 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over account for 16%. At 27%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Le Mériot
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.2% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Le Mériot has changed by +4%, slower than 54% 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
Half of Le Mériot is under 41.7, younger than 68% 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
■ Le Mériot 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
For Le Mériot, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are couples with children, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.5 people each. At 6.2%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 2.5% of households have no car in Le Mériot
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 15%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. By its share of second homes (4.6%), Le Mériot is above 75% of compared French towns.
€27,080 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Le Mériot’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 67% of compared French towns
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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Le Mériot (10%). On average, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 64% of compared French towns, at 5%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3.3%), Le Mériot is below 60% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Le Mériot comes in at 48%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 59% 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
The census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Le Mériot. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 611 to 2,582
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).
Of the 5 towns nearest Le Mériot, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mériot | 41.7 | 16% | 4.6% | 5% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 3.4 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Provins 11,632 · 7.2 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 7.7 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 13.2 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Donnemarie-Dontilly 2,706 · 14.3 mi | 45 | 23% | 4.1% | 6% |
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 Le Mériot
What is the population of Le Mériot?
611 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (589).
How old are Le Mériot’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Mériot?
13, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Mériot?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Mériot?
€27,080 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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