A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 97% of compared French towns: 49%. At the 2023 Census, 754 people lived in Saint-Denis-de-Méré, in 340 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 3.9% in the town. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 9.1%, more than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Saint-Denis-de-Méré
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Denis-de-Méré had 833 residents at the 2012 census and 754 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Denis-de-Méré’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Saint-Denis-de-Méré changed by −9% since 2012
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
The median Calvados town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −10%.
Saint-Denis-de-Méré is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Denis-de-Méré 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Saint-Denis-de-Méré is above just over three quarters of compared French towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.7%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Denis-de-Méré, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. On couples with children, Saint-Denis-de-Méré sits lower than 71% of compared French towns: 21%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Households without a car make up 4.6% in Saint-Denis-de-Méré, less than in 91% 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
Of all households, 7.4% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 8.6%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €24,240 a year in standard of living
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 Saint-Denis-de-Méré’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,240 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 22%
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 make up about one in ten here (9.9%). 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).
1.9% of residents are immigrants, below 93% of compared French towns
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 median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 0.8% in Saint-Denis-de-Méré. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Half of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Denis-de-Méré
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
Adults with no qualification: 27%, above 83% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 754 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Saint-Denis-de-Méré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Denis-de-Méré | 51.3 | 27% | 9.1% | 1.9% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 2.5 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 4.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 7.6 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 8.6 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Flers 14,432 · 8.8 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 10 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 2.8% |
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 Saint-Denis-de-Méré
What is the population of Saint-Denis-de-Méré?
754 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (833).
How old are Saint-Denis-de-Méré’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Denis-de-Méré?
37, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Denis-de-Méré?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Denis-de-Méré?
€24,240 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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