Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.4% of homes are flats
In Pont-Melvez, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 20 here (5.1%). Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5.7%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 595, in 300 households.
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 Pont-Melvez
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 91 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pont-Melvez, 21% of its 430 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pont-Melvez had 681 residents at the 2012 census and 595 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pont-Melvez’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% 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.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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 one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
−13% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%. The first five years brought −11%; the six to 2023, −1%.
A median age of 52.4: Pont-Melvez is older than 90% 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
■ Pont-Melvez 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over in Pont-Melvez.
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%.
Fewer couples with children than 67% of compared French towns: 22%
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. On one-person households, Pont-Melvez sits higher than just over three fifths of compared French towns: 38%. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 10%.
At the median, €23,820 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,820 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Pont-Melvez sits below 56% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (31%)
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
The census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Pont-Melvez. 5.1% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 31% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Pont-Melvez, 8.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 78% 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 9.4% in Pont-Melvez. That is higher than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. As a yardstick, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 87% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Pont-Melvez has 46%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 20%
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, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 595 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Pont-Melvez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Melvez | 52.4 | 28% | 21% | 9.4% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 7.8 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Guingamp 7,111 · 8.8 mi | 41 | 21% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 8.8 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Pabu 2,771 · 9.6 mi | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 10.7 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 14.8 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
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 Pont-Melvez
What is the population of Pont-Melvez?
595 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (681).
How old are Pont-Melvez’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pont-Melvez?
91, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pont-Melvez?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pont-Melvez?
€23,820 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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