Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC BY-SA 4.0Maintenon sits above 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (16%)
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Maintenon comes in at 4.5%. In Maintenon, 15% of households rent social housing (HLM). Half of the town’s residents are over 45.9, older than in 63% of compared French towns. The town counted 4,494 residents and 2,040 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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.
Maintenon changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 62% 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 change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, a lower share than 60% 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
■ Maintenon 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns, at 37%
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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 9.2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people.
A larger share of empty homes than 71% of compared French towns: 8.8%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.9% (under two years). At 13%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%.
At the median, €28,060 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 €28,060 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 11.0%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 10% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 retired person come to 32% in Maintenon, about three in ten. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.9% of residents are immigrants, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 foreign nationals is 6.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
28% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Roughly four in ten: 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Maintenon comes in at 17%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 4,464 to 4,524 people, the 21st 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 Jacob-Bellecombette (36.6), the youngest, and Banyuls-sur-Mer (60.7), the oldest.
Maintenon 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 Maintenon
What is the population of Maintenon?
4,494 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (4,418).
How old are Maintenon’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maintenon?
110, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maintenon?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 280 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maintenon?
€28,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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