La Mesnière ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.2%
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 30% in La Mesnière. At the 2023 Census La Mesnière was home to 276 people in 120 households. Locally, 3.3% of households have no car. The town has more households headed by a manual worker than 85% of compared French towns, at 20%.
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 La Mesnière
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Mesnière, 22% of its 170 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Mesnière had 315 residents at the 2012 census and 276 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Mesnière: 22% of homes are second homes, above 94% 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
Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; La Mesnière has 5.3%.
−12% since 2012: slower than 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
Over those years, the median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −3% to 2023.
La Mesnière is older than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Mesnière 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In La Mesnière, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
€26,730 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.
At €26,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a retired person
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 make up 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In La Mesnière, 0.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Single residents make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 86% 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
Here nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 276 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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).
La Mesnière is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Mesnière | 46.4 | 20% | 22% | 0.4% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 5.4 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 11.3 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 12.3 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 13.2 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 16.1 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 16.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 La Mesnière
What is the population of La Mesnière?
276 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (315).
How old are La Mesnière’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Mesnière?
38, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Mesnière?
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 La Mesnière?
€26,730 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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