60% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 6.6%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.5% in Méry-Prémecy. Half are older than 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. The town is home to 68 residents in 26 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Méry-Prémecy
A town of families
60% of households are couples with children and 20% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
58% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 16% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
A young town
Half of Méry-Prémecy’s residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Méry-Prémecy outgrew 82% of compared French towns: +15%
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 Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +11%.
A median age of 38.5: Méry-Prémecy is younger than 86% 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
■ Méry-Prémecy 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
16% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Méry-Prémecy, 20% of households are single parents, more 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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.6 people each. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
100% of homes are houses
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. Empty homes make up about one in 15 here (6.6%). Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 23% who have been there 30 years or more.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 20% in Méry-Prémecy, more than in 83% 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. The wider picture: 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).
0% of Méry-Prémecy’s residents 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 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Méry-Prémecy sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (15%)
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Méry-Prémecy comes in at 52%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Méry-Prémecy: 58% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 97% 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
With adults with no qualification at 14%, Méry-Prémecy is behind nearly four fifths of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 68 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Méry-Prémecy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méry-Prémecy | 38.5 | 16% | 6.6% | 0% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 6 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 6 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 6.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Reims 177,674 · 7.8 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 8.4 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 9.3 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
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 Méry-Prémecy
What is the population of Méry-Prémecy?
68 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (59).
How old are Méry-Prémecy’s residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Méry-Prémecy?
2, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Méry-Prémecy?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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