Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Maves, 25%. 671 residents in 290 households: that is Maves at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 3.8% here. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 80% of compared French towns grew faster than Maves: −3%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maves 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Maves’s residents are under 41.4, younger than in 70% of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.2% locally. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, a share 67% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.9% here, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Maves: 6.6% of homes are second homes, above 82% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,340 a year
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 residents live in households above €25,340 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, below 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
Here 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
The median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On the census count, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Maves. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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 is 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 671 to 2,582 people
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.
Maves and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maves | 41.4 | 16% | 6.6% | 1.8% |
| Mer 6,250 · 7.3 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 8.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4,471 · 9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
| Blois 47,219 · 10.8 mi | 39 | 20% | 4.3% | 19% |
| Vineuil 8,064 · 10.9 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan 4,236 · 11.3 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 5.8% | 2.5% |
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 Maves
What is the population of Maves?
671 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (689).
How old are Maves’ residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maves?
22, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maves?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maves?
€25,340 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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