A median age of 53.8: Menaucourt is older than 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 221 residents in Menaucourt, living in 100 households. Here, 3.9% of homes are flats. Nearly two thirds of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Menaucourt
An older town
Half of Menaucourt’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Menaucourt had 231 residents at the 2012 census and 221 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Menaucourt changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 86% 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, +3% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Meuse.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% in Menaucourt, less than in 93% 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
■ Menaucourt 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
32% of Menaucourt’s residents are 65 or older, against 25% in the median Meuse town and 22% in the median compared French town; 16% are under 18. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 86% of compared French towns: 28%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 6.6% of households have no car in Menaucourt
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
One household in 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Here, 4.8% of homes stand empty. On second homes, Menaucourt sits higher than just over three fifths of compared French towns: 2.9%.
€26,360 a year: the median 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.
Half of Menaucourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Menaucourt sits below 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (5%)
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Menaucourt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.4%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 54%, a higher share than 98% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Menaucourt comes in at 18%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Menaucourt, less than in 88% 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
Adults with no qualification: 29%, above 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 221 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Menaucourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menaucourt | 53.8 | 32% | 2.9% | 0.4% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 3 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 12.2 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 13 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 15.4 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 17.3 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
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 Menaucourt
What is the population of Menaucourt?
221 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (231).
How old are Menaucourt’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menaucourt?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menaucourt?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menaucourt?
€26,360 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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