Flats: 1.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 32% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Méhers counted 303 residents and 150 households at the 2023 Census. 8.4% of homes are second homes. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 89% 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.
What stands out about the people of Méhers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Méhers had 348 residents at the 2012 census and 303 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Méhers: −13%
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 Loir-et-Cher town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six −10%.
Méhers ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Méhers 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, the median age in Méhers is 46.6, higher than in two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
39% of households are one person living alone, 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
Each household has 2 people on average. Méhers has fewer couples with children than 64% of compared French towns, at 22%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Méhers sits above 96% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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
6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On top of that, in Méhers, 7.6% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,440 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,440 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Méhers comes in at 44%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Méhers comes in at 1%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 37% of residents 15 and over are married in Méhers
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Méhers comes in at 22%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 29% in Méhers, more than in 88% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Méhers has 25%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 303 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Méhers: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méhers | 46.6 | 25% | 8.4% | 1% |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 2,631 · 4.3 mi | 53 | 34% | 11% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 6.2 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 6.6 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 6,860 · 7.4 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 3.4% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 11.1 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 3,611 · 12.2 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 9.4% | 6.5% |
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 Méhers
What is the population of Méhers?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (348).
How old are Méhers’ residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Méhers?
17, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Méhers?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Méhers?
€26,440 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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