Flats: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Le Mesnil-Garnier is 50.5, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. In Le Mesnil-Garnier, 4.7% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census, 220 people lived here, in 100 households. Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker here.
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-Garnier
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Mesnil-Garnier, 26% of its 150 homes: higher than in 94% 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
Le Mesnil-Garnier had 233 residents at the 2012 census and 220 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Mesnil-Garnier: 26% of homes are second homes, above 94% 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
Some 4.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 7.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Le Mesnil-Garnier’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 90% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Manche.
Le Mesnil-Garnier: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 80% 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-Garnier 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
For Le Mesnil-Garnier, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Le Mesnil-Garnier, less than in 81% of compared French towns
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over a fifth of households are couples with children.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,970 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 €22,970 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 49% of households are headed by a retired person
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. As a reference point, 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).
5.9% of residents in Le Mesnil-Garnier are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. Locally, 5% 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.
Le Mesnil-Garnier ranks below 84% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Across Le Mesnil-Garnier, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Mesnil-Garnier
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Le Mesnil-Garnier
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-Garnier | 50.5 | 28% | 26% | 5.9% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 4.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 6.3 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 9.9 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 10.1 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 10.4 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 12.1 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
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-Garnier
What is the population of Le Mesnil-Garnier?
220 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (233).
How old are Le Mesnil-Garnier’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 84% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Mesnil-Garnier?
40, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Mesnil-Garnier?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Mesnil-Garnier?
€22,970 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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