Younger than 96% of compared French towns: half of Mée is under 35.3
The share of flats is 2%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Mée counted 226 residents and 83 households at the 2023 Census. 18% of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households in social housing: 3.6% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Mée
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mée, 15% of its 98 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Mée’s residents are under 35.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 9.7% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here 8.4% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Mée grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 65% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Mayenne town, the change came in two steps: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.7% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mée 35.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Mée, 10%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 47%
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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.7 people. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €23,760 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.
The median standard of living in Mée is €23,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 24% in Mée, less than in 88% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 5.9%, Mée is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.4% in Mée. Typically, 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.
Single residents make up 16% in Mée, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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
51% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Here 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 226 to 2,582 people
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 Mée (35.3), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Mée is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mée | 35.3 | 9.7% | 15% | 0.4% |
| Craon 4,431 · 5.3 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Segré-en-Anjou Bleu 17,667 · 7.2 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 7.5 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| Renazé 2,504 · 8.8 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 10.2 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Ombrée d'Anjou 8,813 · 12.1 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 3.1% | 6% |
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 Mée
What is the population of Mée?
226 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (208).
How old are Mée’s residents?
The median age is 35.3, younger than 96% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 9.7% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mée?
15, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mée?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mée?
€23,760 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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