Meyrals sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.8%)
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Meyrals comes in at 4.5%. This Dordogne town had 715 residents in 340 households at the 2023 Census. In Meyrals, 5.9% of households are single parents. At 4.8%, the share of flats is lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Meyrals
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 98 second homes and occasional dwellings in Meyrals, 21% of its 460 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Meyrals had 580 residents at the 2012 census and 715 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
21% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more. 8.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 71% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Meyrals has 5.3%.
Faster growth than 93% of compared French towns: Meyrals changed by +23% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Dordogne town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
Older than 75% of compared French towns: half of Meyrals is over 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meyrals 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 71% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 32% of households are one person living alone in Meyrals. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
A median standard of living of €23,590 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.
The median standard of living in Meyrals is €23,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Meyrals ranks below 64% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 12%
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Meyrals.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Meyrals sits above 71% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (7.3%)
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.
With immigrants at 8.3%, Meyrals is ahead of 62% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Meyrals
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
Married residents: 44% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 63% 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Meyrals
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyrals | 48.1 | 24% | 21% | 8.3% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 6.6 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 7.5 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 12.2 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 16.5 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
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 Meyrals
What is the population of Meyrals?
715 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (580).
How old are Meyrals’ residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meyrals?
98, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meyrals?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meyrals?
€23,590 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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