Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
The figure for households without a car is 3.2% in Menars and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town is home to 609 residents in 280 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Menars, 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24. 5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 95% 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 Menars
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Menars changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 72% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Menars is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Menars 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.6%
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
24% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 3.6% are single parents with their children (10%). The share of one-person households stands at 30%.
A larger share of empty homes than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Menars, 3.2%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten homes are flats, or about one in nine.
At the median, €30,550 a year to live on
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 €30,550 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 94% of compared French towns, at 46%
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 manager or professional: 5.5% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of residents are immigrants in Menars. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 15% in Menars, less 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
Married residents: 55%, above 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Menars
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Menars. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 609 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Menars, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menars | 49.6 | 28% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4,471 · 3 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
| Vineuil 8,064 · 4 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 4 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Blois 47,219 · 5.4 mi | 39 | 20% | 4.3% | 19% |
| Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt 3,180 · 5.6 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1% | 5.2% |
| Mont-près-Chambord 3,386 · 6.1 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 4.6% | 3% |
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 Menars
What is the population of Menars?
609 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (612).
How old are Menars’ residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menars?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menars?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menars?
€30,550 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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