Half of Le Monteil-au-Vicomte is over 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns
Flats: 0.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 17% of the total. On households headed by a manager or professional, Le Monteil-au-Vicomte sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 5.6%. The town’s 94 households held 215 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Monteil-au-Vicomte
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Monteil-au-Vicomte, 31% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Monteil-au-Vicomte’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 31%
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 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. At 15%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across Le Monteil-au-Vicomte, 8.4% of households have no car.
+3% since 2012: slower than 58% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
In Le Monteil-au-Vicomte, 42% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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 Monteil-au-Vicomte 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
4.1% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Le Monteil-au-Vicomte ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5.6%
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Fewer one-person households than in 86% of compared French towns: 28%.
A typical living standard of €22,200 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 €22,200 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 39% of households are headed by a retired person here. Elsewhere, 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: 4.1%, a lower share than 72% 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.
The census found that 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Le Monteil-au-Vicomte. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Le Monteil-au-Vicomte
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, Le Monteil-au-Vicomte has 44%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Le Monteil-au-Vicomte, less than in 98% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 30%, against 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 215 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Le Monteil-au-Vicomte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Monteil-au-Vicomte | 57.9 | 42% | 31% | 4.1% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 11.2 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 16 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 17.6 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 Monteil-au-Vicomte
What is the population of Le Monteil-au-Vicomte?
215 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (209).
How old are Le Monteil-au-Vicomte’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Monteil-au-Vicomte?
54, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Monteil-au-Vicomte?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Monteil-au-Vicomte?
€22,200 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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