42% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Here 0.7% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. At the 2023 Census Les Menus was home to 244 people in 93 households. Locally, 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 5.3% here, fewer than in 83% 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 Les Menus
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Menus, 30% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Les Menus had 196 residents at the 2012 census and 244 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Les Menus’ residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 30% in Les Menus, more than in 95% 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
22% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.4% moved in within the last two years. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 1.5%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Les Menus, 4.3%.
A growing town: +24% since 2012, faster 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Orne. Here the change came as +21% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
A median age of 38.6: Les Menus is younger than 86% 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
■ Les Menus 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 17% in Les Menus and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 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
The average household has 2.6 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Half above, half below €24,850 a year in 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,850 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns: 42%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Les Menus has 11%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 1.2% of the total. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 94% 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
The share of single residents trails 86% of compared French towns: 21%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
For Les Menus, the census puts adults with no qualification at 18%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 244 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Les Menus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Menus | 38.6 | 17% | 30% | 2.5% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 5 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Senonches 3,045 · 5.4 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 7 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 14.3 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 2,641 · 14.6 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 14.8 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
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 Les Menus
What is the population of Les Menus?
244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (196).
How old are Les Menus’ residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Menus?
40, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Menus?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Menus?
€24,850 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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