Younger than 98% of compared French towns: half of Le Mesnil-Eury is under 33.4
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (47%), Le Mesnil-Eury is above 99% of compared French towns. This Manche town had 188 residents in 74 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car account for 8.1%. Few places have as many empty homes: 6.7% here, more than in 50% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Le Mesnil-Eury
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Mesnil-Eury, 10% of its 89 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Le Mesnil-Eury’s residents are under 33.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
10% of homes in Le Mesnil-Eury are second homes
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. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 20% of households moved in less than two years ago; 12% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Since 2012, Le Mesnil-Eury has changed by +4%, slower than 52% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Manche town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a lower share than 89% 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
■ Le Mesnil-Eury 33.4. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Le Mesnil-Eury sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone here. Households here average 2.5 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €23,520 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,520 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 55% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 32% 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).
Only 2.7% of residents are immigrants in Le Mesnil-Eury
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 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Le Mesnil-Eury. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 33% of residents 15 and over are married in Le Mesnil-Eury
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
With single residents at 23%, Le Mesnil-Eury is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 make up 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 188 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.
Le Mesnil-Eury is the youngest (33.4); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Le Mesnil-Eury is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mesnil-Eury | 33.4 | 15% | 10% | 2.7% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 3.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 7.5 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 7.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 9 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 10.5 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Le Mesnil-Eury
What is the population of Le Mesnil-Eury?
188 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (180).
How old are Le Mesnil-Eury’s residents?
The median age is 33.4, younger than 98% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Mesnil-Eury?
9, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Mesnil-Eury?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Mesnil-Eury?
€23,520 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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