A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.4%
47% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The 2023 Census put Monteaux’s population at 729, in 360 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.9% locally. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4.5%, 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 Monteaux
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monteaux, 11% of its 450 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Monteaux had 785 residents at the 2012 census and 729 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Monteaux’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Monteaux, 11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty in Monteaux. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 93% of compared French towns grew faster than Monteaux: −7%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
Monteaux is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monteaux 52. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 28%, Monteaux is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 4.1% of households are single parents in Monteaux
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
38% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Locally, 20% of households are couples with children. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,570 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.
At €25,570 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Only 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Monteaux
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Typically, nearly one in ten 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).
2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Monteaux, 1.9%. 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 87% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 45% in Monteaux. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Monteaux
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
Graduates of higher education make up 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Monteaux is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monteaux | 52 | 28% | 11% | 2.8% |
| Veuzain-sur-Loire 3,333 · 2.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 4.4% | 3.7% |
| Amboise 12,937 · 8.1 mi | 45 | 27% | 9.8% | 9.6% |
| Nazelles-Négron 3,776 · 8.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| Chailles 2,726 · 9.7 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 3,611 · 10.4 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 9.4% | 6.5% |
| La Croix-en-Touraine 2,543 · 11.4 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 5.1% | 2.6% |
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 Monteaux
What is the population of Monteaux?
729 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (785).
How old are Monteaux’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monteaux?
51, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monteaux?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monteaux?
€25,570 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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