16% of homes stand empty, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 46% of households are one person living alone here. Still, the median age in Montmédy is 42, lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,052 residents in 910 households. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in five here (19%).
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 Montmédy
Immigrants
INSEE counts 500 immigrants in Montmédy (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Meuse. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montmédy had 2,311 residents at the 2012 census and 2,052 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 180 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montmédy’s population moved −11% on 2012, less than in 98% 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
The median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six −4%.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 78% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montmédy 42. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 79% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Single-parent households make up 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
In Montmédy, 15% of households have no car, more than in 71% 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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.3% of homes are second homes here. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. The census found that 37% of homes are flats in Montmédy.
A median of €23,960 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,960 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
In Montmédy, 37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 75% 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
7% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 22%, a higher share than 95% 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.
Foreign nationals: 20% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against 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.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 31% 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
The share of single residents tops 93% of compared French towns: 36%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Montmédy. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,052 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th youngest
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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Montmédy are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Montmédy
What is the population of Montmédy?
2,052 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (2,311).
How old are Montmédy’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montmédy?
49, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montmédy?
INSEE counts 460 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 410 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montmédy?
€23,960 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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