Couples with children make up 11% in Le Ménil-Scelleur, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 44% in Le Ménil-Scelleur and 32% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 92 people lived here, in 45 households. For Le Ménil-Scelleur, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%. Half are older than 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns.
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 Le Ménil-Scelleur
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Ménil-Scelleur, 21% of its 62 homes: higher than in 93% 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
Le Ménil-Scelleur had 105 residents at the 2012 census and 92 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.
Second homes make up 21% in Le Ménil-Scelleur, more than in 93% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.9%.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Le Ménil-Scelleur: −12%
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 Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −13% and the next six +1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12% in Le Ménil-Scelleur, more than in 80% 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
■ Le Ménil-Scelleur 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Le Ménil-Scelleur is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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
One-person households: 44%, above 82% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people.
Le Ménil-Scelleur ranks below 70% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 94% of compared French towns: 1%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
25% of residents 15 and over are married, 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
Single residents make up 33%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Le Ménil-Scelleur sits below 82% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 92 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Le Ménil-Scelleur
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Ménil-Scelleur | 43.5 | 25% | 21% | 1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 10.3 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 10.9 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 13.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 14.1 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 15.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 15.8 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
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 Le Ménil-Scelleur
What is the population of Le Ménil-Scelleur?
92 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (105).
How old are Le Ménil-Scelleur’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Ménil-Scelleur?
13, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Ménil-Scelleur?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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