Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.1% of homes are flats
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 97% of compared French towns: 13%. At the 2023 Census Mesnac was home to 404 people in 180 households. For Mesnac, the census puts households without a car at 2.5%. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 79% 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
Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mesnac 43. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43, Mesnac is younger than 58% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Mesnac, 27% of households are couples with children, more than in 57% 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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over one in ten households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
7.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 62% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 21%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,980 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.
The median standard of living in Mesnac is €25,980 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.1% in Mesnac, less than in 97% 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
Just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 92% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 48% in Mesnac. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 90% 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
Here 25% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Mesnac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesnac | 43 | 13% | 2.1% | 2% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 2.5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 6 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 6.8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 10.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 10.9 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 13.4 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
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 Mesnac
What is the population of Mesnac?
404 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (414).
How old are Mesnac’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mesnac?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mesnac?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mesnac?
€25,980 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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