A larger share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 33%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Menet has 7.1%. There were 260 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 521 residents. In Menet, 5.7% of households are single parents. 11% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Menet
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Menet, 33% of its 470 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Menet’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Menet, 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Menet has 8.4%. Just over a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.9% moved in within the last two years. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 69% 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 −3% for the median Cantal town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Only 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Menet
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Menet 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Menet comes in at 29%. On top of that, half of the town’s residents are over 51.9, older than in 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Menet sits above 67% of compared French towns for one-person households (39%)
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,370 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,370 a year: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Menet ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 1.9%
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
4% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Locally, 43% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Menet ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.1%
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 foreign nationals is 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
Menet ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 77% 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 share of adults with no qualification is 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th 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).
Menet and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menet | 51.9 | 29% | 33% | 2.1% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 13.6 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
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 Menet
What is the population of Menet?
521 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (520).
How old are Menet’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menet?
160, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menet?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menet?
€23,370 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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