Le Ménil-Vicomte is younger than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 24
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty here. At the 2023 Census, 29 people lived in Le Ménil-Vicomte, in 9 households.
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-Vicomte
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Ménil-Vicomte, 36% of its 17 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 67% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Le Ménil-Vicomte’s residents are under 24 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are under 15 and 3.8% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 35% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Ménil-Vicomte had 38 residents at the 2012 census and 29 in 2023, down 24%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
36% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Flats: nearly a quarter of the total.
Slower than most: −24% since 2012, behind 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%. The first five years brought −37%; the six to 2023, +21%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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-Vicomte 24. The median compared French town: 44.
In Le Ménil-Vicomte, 19% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
38% women, 62% men
About 63 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Le Ménil-Vicomte, 50% of households are couples with children, 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
A household here holds 3.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 50% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.7% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in 58% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.7% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 41% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 29 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.
Le Ménil-Vicomte is the youngest (24); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Le Ménil-Vicomte
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-Vicomte | 24 | 3.8% | 36% | 7.7% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 8.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 10.7 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 12.4 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 13.5 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 14 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 15.4 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
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-Vicomte
What is the population of Le Ménil-Vicomte?
29 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% fewer than in 2012 (38).
How old are Le Ménil-Vicomte’s residents?
The median age is 24, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 42% are under 18 and 3.8% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Ménil-Vicomte?
6, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Ménil-Vicomte?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (7.7%). 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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