Menou is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.2
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Menou has 12%. This Nièvre town counted 179 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 54%.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Menou
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Menou, 44% of its 230 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Menou’s residents are under 63.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Menou’s households are one person: higher than in 88% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Menou had 187 residents at the 2012 census and 179 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.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 44% of homes are second homes
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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 1.4%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
−4% since 2012: slower than 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Nièvre town −8%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 47%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Menou 63.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (5.8%), Menou is below 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Menou sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (4.6%)
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.7 people. On one-person households, Menou sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 47%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A typical living standard of €24,960 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,960 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 19% in Menou, more 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 14% of the total. To put it in context, 9.4% of 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 69% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Menou. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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 smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Menou comes in at 48%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 19%
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 Menou, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 179 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Menou the oldest (63.2).
Menou is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menou | 63.2 | 47% | 44% | 4.5% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 12.6 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 16.5 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 17.7 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
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 Menou
What is the population of Menou?
179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (187).
How old are Menou’s residents?
The median age is 63.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 7.3% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menou?
100, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menou?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menou?
€24,960 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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