Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8% in Meslières, less than in 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 160 households in Meslières at the 2023 Census, home to 323 residents. Census figures put one-person households at 44% in the town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Meslières has 23%.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Meslières
Fewer residents than in 2012
Meslières had 362 residents at the 2012 census and 323 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Meslières has changed by −11%, slower than 98% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −11%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Doubs town −1%.
Meslières is older than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meslières 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A fifth of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 5.6% in Meslières, less than in 83% 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
One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Across Meslières, 8.5% of homes stand empty. Flats are rarer here than in 72% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €28,070 a year in 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,070 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Only 29% of households are headed by a retired person in Meslières
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 make up 13%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 6.8%, a higher share than 69% 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 share of immigrants is 8%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Meslières
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 account for 44%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Meslières
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 15%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 323 to 2,582
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Meslières, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meslières | 46.6 | 25% | 2.8% | 8% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 1.4 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 3.3 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 4.3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 4.8 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 5 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
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 Meslières
What is the population of Meslières?
323 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (362).
How old are Meslières’ residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meslières?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meslières?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meslières?
€28,070 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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