Only 2.5% of homes are flats in Almenêches
In Almenêches, 6.5% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. 8.1% of homes are second homes. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 47%, more than in 95% of compared French towns. This Orne town had 638 residents in 300 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Almenêches
Fewer residents than in 2012
Almenêches had 689 residents at the 2012 census and 638 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 64 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.
Almenêches changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 94% 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 −11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%.
In Almenêches, 29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% 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
■ Almenêches 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Almenêches is 48.6, higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Almenêches, 21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. 34% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 55% of compared French towns.
Almenêches ranks above 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 16%
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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 6.5% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 26% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
A median of €22,200 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.
Half of Almenêches’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Almenêches ranks below 86% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.9%
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: 18% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. 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: 1.6%, a lower share than 96% 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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 91.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Married residents make up 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Almenêches sits below 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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 make up 28%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 638 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Almenêches
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almenêches | 48.6 | 29% | 8.1% | 1.6% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 5.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 6.6 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 7 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 16.4 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
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 Almenêches
What is the population of Almenêches?
638 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (689).
How old are Almenêches’ residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Almenêches?
32, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Almenêches?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Almenêches?
€22,200 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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