Moncetz-l'Abbaye is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.5
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Moncetz-l'Abbaye, 67%. At the 2023 Census Moncetz-l'Abbaye was home to 88 people in 47 households. About one in 12: that is how common households without a car are in Moncetz-l'Abbaye (8.5%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Moncetz-l'Abbaye
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Moncetz-l'Abbaye, 14% of its 58 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Moncetz-l'Abbaye’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Moncetz-l'Abbaye had 96 residents at the 2012 census and 88 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 14% in Moncetz-l'Abbaye, more than in 90% 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
The figure for empty homes is 5.2% in Moncetz-l'Abbaye and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Marne town −2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −7%.
Moncetz-l'Abbaye ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 4.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Moncetz-l'Abbaye 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Moncetz-l'Abbaye. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The share of single-parent households is 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Moncetz-l'Abbaye sits lower than 64% of compared French towns: 22%. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
The largest group of households: retired (67%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, below 78% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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
By its share of married residents (50%), Moncetz-l'Abbaye is above 91% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Moncetz-l'Abbaye ranks below 67% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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 come to 19% in Moncetz-l'Abbaye, about two in ten. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 88 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Moncetz-l'Abbaye is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncetz-l'Abbaye | 58.5 | 35% | 14% | 3.4% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 6 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 13.9 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 16.7 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 16.9 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
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 Moncetz-l'Abbaye
What is the population of Moncetz-l'Abbaye?
88 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (96).
How old are Moncetz-l'Abbaye’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moncetz-l'Abbaye?
8, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moncetz-l'Abbaye?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% 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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