Flats make up 0.6% in Mérignas, less than in 99% of compared French towns
One in ten homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Mérignas had 295 residents in 130 households at the 2023 Census. The share of single-parent households stands at 15%. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.9% here, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Mérignas
An older town
Half of Mérignas’ residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 82% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gironde town +16%. The change was +12% from 2012 to 2017 and −13% from 2017 to 2023.
Mérignas is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mérignas 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2%, below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. At the same time, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 90% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 18% in Mérignas, less than in 82% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
6.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 57% 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
Turnover: 8.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 31% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,640 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.
At €24,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Mérignas: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 89% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Mérignas. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 34%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 70% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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.
About one in 23: that is how common foreign nationals are in Mérignas (4.4%). 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 88% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Mérignas, less than in 82% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 72% of compared French towns: 24%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (295 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Mérignas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mérignas | 51.7 | 32% | 9.9% | 4.4% |
| Castillon-la-Bataille 3,344 · 5.2 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 1.9% | 19% |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 2,713 · 10.1 mi | 35.3 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Libourne 25,036 · 11.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 3% | 12% |
| Créon 4,950 · 12.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Vayres 4,615 · 13.7 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 14.3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
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 Mérignas
What is the population of Mérignas?
295 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (305).
How old are Mérignas’ residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mérignas?
16, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mérignas?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mérignas?
€24,640 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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