Photo: Don-vip · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 34.8: Remire-Montjoly is younger than 97% of compared French towns
13% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 27,723 people lived in Remire-Montjoly, in 10,470 households. The share of households without a car stands at 20%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the French Guiana 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 Remire-Montjoly
Immigrants
INSEE counts 6,500 immigrants in Remire-Montjoly (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against – for the median compared commune in French Guiana. 26% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Remire-Montjoly’s residents are under 34.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 9.6% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Remire-Montjoly had 20,689 residents at the 2012 census and 27,723 in 2023, up 34%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +34% change since 2012: Remire-Montjoly grew faster than 98% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median French Guiana town ±0%. The first five years brought +21%; the six to 2023, +10%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.6% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Remire-Montjoly 34.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Remire-Montjoly comes in at 14%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 23%
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 French Guiana median and the France median
Living alone · share
With couples with children at 28%, Remire-Montjoly is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.6 people.
Remire-Montjoly: 37% of homes are flats, above 60% 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
Second homes make up 2.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7% of homes stand empty.
In Remire-Montjoly, 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 86% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 8.2%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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).
23% of residents are immigrants, a share 95% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Remire-Montjoly, 44% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 99% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Remire-Montjoly has 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 41%, a higher share than 81% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (24%), Remire-Montjoly is above 76% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 26,365 to 29,055
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 31 in Grigny to 52.5 in Bergerac.
Of the 5 towns nearest Remire-Montjoly, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remire-Montjoly | 34.8 | 9.6% | 2.8% | 23% |
| Cayenne 62,675 · 4.6 mi | 30 | 9.7% | 4.4% | 36% |
| Matoury 36,512 · 5.3 mi | 28.8 | 8.6% | 3% | 34% |
| Roura 3,449 · 12.6 mi | 37.1 | 10% | 21% | 30% |
| Montsinéry-Tonnegrande 3,626 · 14.9 mi | 32.2 | 8.2% | 6.9% | 23% |
| Macouria 19,899 · 15.5 mi | 26.4 | 5.9% | 2.9% | 27% |
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 Remire-Montjoly
What is the population of Remire-Montjoly?
27,723 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 34% more than in 2012 (20,689).
How old are Remire-Montjoly’s residents?
The median age is 34.8, younger than 97% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 9.6% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Remire-Montjoly?
330, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Remire-Montjoly?
INSEE counts 6,500 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 7,090 foreign nationals (26%). 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 November 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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