A median age of 58.5: Melin is older than 97% of compared French towns
6.8% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 52 residents and 32 households in Melin. Here, 3.3% of households have no car. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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 Melin
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Melin, 16% of its 45 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Melin’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Melin’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 52% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Melin had 59 residents at the 2012 census and 52 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Melin sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (16%)
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
Empty homes: 12% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Melin: −12%
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 Haute-Saône town −5%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −10% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 43%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Melin 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Melin has 6.1%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
67% of households are one person living alone, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Haute-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children trails 86% of compared French towns: 17%. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.6 people in the average household. Single-parent households are more common here than in 98% of compared French towns.
Melin ranks above 55% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Melin sits above 82% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (10%)
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Melin. The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 31% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 40% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (52 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Melin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melin | 58.5 | 43% | 16% | 10% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 10.8 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 17.4 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 17.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Melin
What is the population of Melin?
52 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (59).
How old are Melin’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Melin?
7, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Melin?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (10%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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