A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
The share of one-person households trails 91% of compared French towns: 26%. 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. Mesnil-Saint-Loup counted 579 residents and 240 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 4.1% of households have no car here.
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.
−1% since 2012: slower than 76% 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 +2% for the median Aube town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Half of Mesnil-Saint-Loup is over 44.5, older than 53% 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
■ Mesnil-Saint-Loup 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 30% in Mesnil-Saint-Loup, more than in 77% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents here. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Mesnil-Saint-Loup sits below 98% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.3%)
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
5.5% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. The share of second homes stands at 2.8%. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,280 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.
At €25,280 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.8% in Mesnil-Saint-Loup and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 90% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Mesnil-Saint-Loup ranks below 75% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (579 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
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).
Mesnil-Saint-Loup and its 6 nearest towns: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesnil-Saint-Loup | 44.5 | 23% | 2.8% | 3.7% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 5.1 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 11.4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 12 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 12.7 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 15% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 12.8 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 13 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
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 Mesnil-Saint-Loup
What is the population of Mesnil-Saint-Loup?
579 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (587).
How old are Mesnil-Saint-Loup’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mesnil-Saint-Loup?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mesnil-Saint-Loup?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mesnil-Saint-Loup?
€25,280 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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