Mécrin is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.2
53% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. For Mécrin, the census puts couples with children at 13%. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). At the 2023 Census, 183 people lived locally, in 100 households.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Mécrin
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mécrin had 232 residents at the 2012 census and 183 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
55% of Mécrin’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 58% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Mécrin’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Mécrin changed by −21% since 2012
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, −3% to 2017 and −18% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Meuse.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mécrin 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 55% of households are one person living alone
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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Mécrin, 4.7%. There are 1.8 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 3.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 42%. Mécrin has more second homes than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 6.5%. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 9.8% of homes stand empty here.
Median living standard: €24,160 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.
At €24,160 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (53%)
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 census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Mécrin.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Mécrin ranks below 99% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.5%
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 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 2.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 65% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
Few places have so few single residents: 25% here, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Mécrin, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
In Mécrin, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (183 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Mécrin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mécrin | 54.2 | 25% | 6.5% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 4.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 5.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 13.5 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Foug 2,628 · 15.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 17.3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 17.8 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 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 Mécrin
What is the population of Mécrin?
183 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (232).
How old are Mécrin’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mécrin?
8, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mécrin?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mécrin?
€24,160 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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