2.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With couples with children at 30%, Ménil-sur-Saulx is ahead of three quarters of compared French towns on that count. 243 residents in 100 households: that is Ménil-sur-Saulx at the 2023 Census. Locally, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have as many second homes: 6.1% here, more than in 81% of compared French towns.
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 Ménil-sur-Saulx
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ménil-sur-Saulx had 267 residents at the 2012 census and 243 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
A median age of 45.9: Ménil-sur-Saulx is older than 62% 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
■ Ménil-sur-Saulx 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Ménil-sur-Saulx comes in at 12%. Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
100 households; 35% are one person
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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Ménil-sur-Saulx ranks below 88% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5%
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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in Ménil-sur-Saulx. On average, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Across Ménil-sur-Saulx, 6.1% of homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €26,610 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 Ménil-sur-Saulx is €26,610 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Ménil-sur-Saulx has 35%. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.1%, a lower share than 91% 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.
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. As a yardstick, 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.
Fewer married residents than 75% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents 15 and over are single here. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Ménil-sur-Saulx sits below 72% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Ménil-sur-Saulx and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménil-sur-Saulx | 45.9 | 23% | 6.1% | 2.1% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 6.5 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 9 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 10.3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 11.7 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 13.2 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 15.2 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
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-sur-Saulx
What is the population of Ménil-sur-Saulx?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (267).
How old are Ménil-sur-Saulx’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 62% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ménil-sur-Saulx?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ménil-sur-Saulx?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ménil-sur-Saulx?
€26,610 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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