Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.3% of homes are flats
The share of households without a car trails 95% of compared French towns: 3.8%. At the 2023 Census, 923 people lived in Ménil, in 390 households. Locally, 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). On one-person households, Ménil sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 28%.
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 Ménil
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ménil had 976 residents at the 2012 census and 923 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ménil has changed by −5%, slower than 89% 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
Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Ménil
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ménil 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%, Ménil is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. Add to that, the median age locally is 45.3, higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Ménil ranks below 85% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.5%
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
Households here average 2.3 people each. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Ménil sits higher than nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 28%.
Second homes make up 7.1% in Ménil, more than in 83% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.8% (under two years). Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At 6%, the share of empty homes is lower than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €26,600 a year in standard of living
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 Ménil is €26,600 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Ménil: 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 30% in Ménil and 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 16.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.9%, a lower share than 92% 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.
In Ménil, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 80% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a lower share than in 50% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 923 to 2,582 people, the 21st oldest
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.
Ménil is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménil | 45.3 | 18% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 3.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| Les Hauts-d'Anjou 8,751 · 9 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| Le Lion-d'Angers 5,390 · 10.3 mi | 38.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| Segré-en-Anjou Bleu 17,667 · 10.5 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 13.4 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Craon 4,431 · 13.6 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
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 Ménil
What is the population of Ménil?
923 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (976).
How old are Ménil’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ménil?
32, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ménil?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ménil?
€26,600 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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