A median age of 54.6: Mesmay is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Mesmay’s 32 households held 67 residents at the 2023 Census. In Mesmay, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. Flats: 7% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Mesmay
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mesmay, 24% of its 42 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 80% 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 Mesmay’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mesmay had 70 residents at the 2012 census and 67 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 24% in Mesmay, more than in 94% 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
In the last two years, 2.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 86% 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 +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.6%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Mesmay 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Mesmay sits above 79% of compared French towns for one-person households (43%)
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In Mesmay, 29% of households are couples with children. The typical household size is 2.1 people.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14%, a higher share than 74% of compared French towns
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
Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.2% in Mesmay, less than in 71% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Mesmay. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
The share of married residents stands at 44%. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 64% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 29%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 67 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Mesmay is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Mesmay
What is the population of Mesmay?
67 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (70).
How old are Mesmay’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mesmay?
10, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mesmay?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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