Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0In Le Mené, 3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
5.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 6,556 residents in 2,870 households. Census figures put flats at 7.3% in Le Mené. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Le Mené
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 520 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Mené, 13% of its 3,890 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 500 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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
6.8% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Le Mené sits higher than 91% of compared French towns: 13%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Le Mené has changed by +2%, slower than 63% 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 Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then +2% to 2023.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 66% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Mené 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.1, Le Mené is older than 64% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.5%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Le Mené: 27% of households are couples with children, above 59% 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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer one-person households than in 57% of compared French towns: 34%.
€24,120 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,120 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 14.0% of residents.
28% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Le Mené, 35%. As a reference point, 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 90% of compared French towns: 14%
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.
Immigrants make up 13%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 23% in Le Mené, less than in 73% 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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 19%
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 make up 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 6,507 to 6,605 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.
Ages run from 36.3 in Chasse-sur-Rhône to 58 in Gueugnon.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Le Mené
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mené | 46.1 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| Plénée-Jugon 2,579 · 7.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Plémet 3,764 · 8.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 8.3% | 4.2% |
| Merdrignac 3,139 · 8.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 6.8% | 5.5% |
| Quessoy 3,969 · 11.4 mi | 42.3 | 22% | 3.3% | 1.5% |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage 4,103 · 11.9 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 2,541 · 12.4 mi | 42 | 21% | 20% | 3.6% |
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 Le Mené
What is the population of Le Mené?
6,556 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (6,453).
How old are Le Mené’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Mené?
520, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Mené?
INSEE counts 840 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 890 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Mené?
€24,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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