In Meuilley, 2.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Meuilley had 411 residents in 200 households at the 2023 Census. In Meuilley, 5.7% of households have no car. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 75% of compared French towns: 28%.
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 Meuilley
Fewer residents than in 2012
Meuilley had 453 residents at the 2012 census and 411 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Meuilley’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Meuilley changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and −12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −2% in Côte-d'Or.
Meuilley is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meuilley 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 69% of compared French towns: 25%.
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%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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
Average household size: 2 people. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Meuilley sits lower than 70% of compared French towns: 21%. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are one person living alone here.
3.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 63% 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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€29,720 a year: the median 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.
At €29,720 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Meuilley sits above 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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).
Immigrants: 1.6%, a lower share than 96% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Meuilley. The usual figure: 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.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 50% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In Meuilley, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 62% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (411 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Meuilley
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meuilley | 51.9 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.6% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 3.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 8 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 8.2 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 11 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 12.3 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 13.4 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
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 Meuilley
What is the population of Meuilley?
411 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (453).
How old are Meuilley’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meuilley?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meuilley?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meuilley?
€29,720 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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