Above 99% of compared French towns: 42% of households are couples with children
Households in social housing: 1.1% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Mesmont is home to 253 residents in 95 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 4.6% of homes are flats. 4.3% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Mesmont
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 21% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Mesmont’s residents are under 36.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 9.1% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+10% since 2012, a pace 71% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Mesmont sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (9.1%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mesmont 36.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Mesmont’s residents are under 36.6, younger than in 93% of compared French towns. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.7 people share a household. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Mesmont comes in at 21%.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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
Here 7.8% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Long tenure is the mark of 9.5% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.5% (under two years). As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €28,950 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.
At €28,950 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
Here just over a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The usual figure: nearly a third 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 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Mesmont sits below 81% of compared French towns for married residents (38%)
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
Single residents: 24%, below 60% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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
44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 253 to 2,582 people
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 Mesmont (36.6), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Mesmont and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesmont | 36.6 | 9.1% | 4.3% | 0.4% |
| Talant 11,896 · 12.3 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 12.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 12.5 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 12.9 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 13.6 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 13.9 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 4.1% | 13% |
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 Mesmont
What is the population of Mesmont?
253 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (229).
How old are Mesmont’s residents?
The median age is 36.6, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 9.1% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mesmont?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mesmont?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mesmont?
€28,950 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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