More second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 44%
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 4.4%, Notre-Dame-du-Hamel is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 193 residents in 94 households. About one in 21: that is how common single-parent households are in Notre-Dame-du-Hamel (4.8%). This Eure town has fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.2%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Notre-Dame-du-Hamel
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 79 second homes and occasional dwellings in Notre-Dame-du-Hamel, 44% of its 180 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Notre-Dame-du-Hamel had 228 residents at the 2012 census and 193 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Notre-Dame-du-Hamel’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of empty homes than 90% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 7.1% of households have no car. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Notre-Dame-du-Hamel changed by −15% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −8%, then −8% to 2023. Over those years, the median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Notre-Dame-du-Hamel is over 52.9, older than 91% 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
■ Notre-Dame-du-Hamel 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Notre-Dame-du-Hamel has 31%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 78% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Few places have as many one-person households: 38% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€23,890 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €23,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 55% of compared French towns: 33%
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 manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%). Nearly a tenth of Notre-Dame-du-Hamel’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 33% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 2% in Notre-Dame-du-Hamel, less than in 79% 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.
4.9% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). That is lower than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%. Measured more widely, 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 93% 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
Single residents make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 74% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Notre-Dame-du-Hamel comes in at 27%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 193 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.
Notre-Dame-du-Hamel and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-du-Hamel | 52.9 | 31% | 44% | 4.9% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 2.9 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 9.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 10.5 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 14.2 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 14.3 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 16.2 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
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 Notre-Dame-du-Hamel
What is the population of Notre-Dame-du-Hamel?
193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (228).
How old are Notre-Dame-du-Hamel’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Notre-Dame-du-Hamel?
79, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Notre-Dame-du-Hamel?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Notre-Dame-du-Hamel?
€23,890 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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