Ménilles ranks below 91% of compared French towns on flats: 7.7%
The share of one-person households trails 86% of compared French towns: 28%. At the 2023 Census Ménilles was home to 1,708 people in 730 households. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 16% here. Higher than in 82% of compared French towns: 6.8% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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.
A +9% change since 2012: Ménilles grew faster than 68% 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
In two steps, +11% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure.
Ménilles ranks below 58% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ménilles 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%). With a median age of 44.1, Ménilles is older than half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Ménilles sits above 82% of compared French towns for couples with children (32%)
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 66% of compared French towns: 9% of households are single parents.
Ménilles sits below 77% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.4%)
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 Ménilles, 4.5% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, at 13%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%.
Half above, half below €27,400 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.
Half of Ménilles’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 65% of compared French towns, at 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Ménilles has 31%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 62% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.4%). Across the comparison, 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.
Ménilles: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 75% of compared French towns
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 60% of compared French towns: 17%
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
On the census count, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,708 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Ménilles, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménilles | 44.1 | 21% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 1.4 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Marcel 4,512 · 5.9 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.9% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Longueville 3,282 · 5.9 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 3.7% | 5.6% |
| Vernon 25,290 · 6.5 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Gaillon 6,746 · 8.7 mi | 39.3 | 20% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Guichainville 3,087 · 9.1 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 0.9% | 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 Ménilles
What is the population of Ménilles?
1,708 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,560).
How old are Ménilles’ residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ménilles?
55, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ménilles?
INSEE counts 88 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ménilles?
€27,400 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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