A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
One-person households: 26% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 7.9%. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.3% of households have no car. Saussemesnil had 927 residents in 390 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Saussemesnil
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 69% of compared French towns: Saussemesnil changed by ±0% since 2012
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
Younger than 64% of compared French towns: half of Saussemesnil is under 42.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saussemesnil 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Saussemesnil.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 3.8% in Saussemesnil, less than in 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
With couples with children at 33%, Saussemesnil is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
8.6% of homes stand empty, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 6.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 31% have been in their home 30 years or more. Saussemesnil sits close to the norm on second homes: 2.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,660 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.
Half of Saussemesnil’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Saussemesnil, 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Saussemesnil has 22%. On households headed by a retired person, Saussemesnil sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 40%. Across the comparison, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Saussemesnil. By way of comparison, 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.
Saussemesnil ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 17%
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 make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 69% 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 share of graduates of higher education trails 64% of compared French towns: 26%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 927 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Saussemesnil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saussemesnil | 42.2 | 20% | 2.9% | 1.2% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 4.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 7.5 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 9.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 14 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 14.2 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 14.5 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
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 Saussemesnil
What is the population of Saussemesnil?
927 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (925).
How old are Saussemesnil’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saussemesnil?
13, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saussemesnil?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saussemesnil?
€27,660 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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