50% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 17% in Le Mesnil-Véneron and 22% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Le Mesnil-Véneron was home to 107 people in 41 households. 9% fewer people than in 2012.
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-Véneron
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Mesnil-Véneron, 16% of its 52 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Mesnil-Véneron had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 107 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 16%
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. 5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Slower than most: −9% since 2012, behind 96% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%. The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, −13%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are 15 to 24
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-Véneron 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Le Mesnil-Véneron’s residents are under 43, younger than in 58% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
Households here average 2.6 people each. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 83% of compared French towns: 12%.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 60% of compared French towns, at 12%
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. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Mesnil-Véneron sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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.
Here 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 79% of compared French towns: 47%
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Le Mesnil-Véneron (25%). For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
The census found that 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Mesnil-Véneron. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 107 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th youngest
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).
No nearby town is as young as Le Mesnil-Véneron
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-Véneron | 43 | 17% | 16% | 3.8% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 6.4 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 6.4 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 7.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 8.4 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 8.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 12.2 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
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-Véneron
What is the population of Le Mesnil-Véneron?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Le Mesnil-Véneron’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Mesnil-Véneron?
9, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Mesnil-Véneron?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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