1.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Méhoudin has 3.4%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 121 residents and 58 households locally. 27% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Méhoudin
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Méhoudin, 18% of its 79 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Méhoudin’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 18%
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. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. About one in 12: that is how common empty homes are in Méhoudin (8.4%).
Slower than most: +3% since 2012, behind 56% 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
The change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Méhoudin is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Méhoudin 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Méhoudin sits below 88% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 2.1 people.
55% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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).
Méhoudin ranks above 86% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 11%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Méhoudin.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 81% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 stands at 25%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 90% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 15%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 121 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Méhoudin are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méhoudin | 52.4 | 25% | 18% | 11% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 3.6 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 4 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 6 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 12 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 13.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 13.4 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
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 Méhoudin
What is the population of Méhoudin?
121 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (117).
How old are Méhoudin’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Méhoudin?
15, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Méhoudin?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (11%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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