Photo: AirScott · CC BY-SA 4.0Empty homes make up 16% in Sainte-Menehould, more than in 97% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 3.7% in Sainte-Menehould and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The town had 4,146 residents in 2,020 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 31%. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 43%, more than in 79% 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 Sainte-Menehould
Empty homes
The census found 390 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Sainte-Menehould has changed by −4%, slower than 85% 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, −5% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −2% in Marne.
Half of Sainte-Menehould is over 50.5, older than 84% 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
■ Sainte-Menehould 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Sainte-Menehould sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 17% in Sainte-Menehould, more than in 75% 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 14% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 23% who have been there 30 years or more. Households in social housing account for 19%. Few places have as many flats: 37% here, more than in 61% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,170 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.
Living standards centre on €23,170 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns. 19.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
22% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Typically, 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).
Below 67% of compared French towns: 4.6% of 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Sainte-Menehould has 2.8%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 40%
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
The census found that just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Sainte-Menehould. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Sainte-Menehould has 31%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 4,114 to 4,175
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 Chanteloup-en-Brie (36.5), the youngest, and Le Pouliguen (67.6), the oldest.
Sainte-Menehould and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Menehould | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 17 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
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 Sainte-Menehould
What is the population of Sainte-Menehould?
4,146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (4,321).
How old are Sainte-Menehould’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 84% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Menehould?
43, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Menehould?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Menehould?
€23,170 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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