Empty homes: 23%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of second homes is 9.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,429 people lived in Merlerault-le-Pin, in 710 households. Here, 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Merlerault-le-Pin
Fewer residents than in 2012
Merlerault-le-Pin had 1,739 residents at the 2012 census and 1,429 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 240 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Merlerault-le-Pin’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Merlerault-le-Pin changed by −18% since 2012
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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
Merlerault-le-Pin is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Merlerault-le-Pin 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Merlerault-le-Pin.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
21% of households are couples with children, below 71% 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
By its share of single-parent households (8.4%), Merlerault-le-Pin is below three quarters of compared French towns. Meanwhile, 41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 71% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. On average, 2 people share a household.
A smaller share of flats than 84% of compared French towns: 12%
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
6.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. Fewer households in social housing than in 67% of compared French towns: 8.7%. Car-free households: one in nine, where the median compared French town has 11%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,040 a year
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 €23,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 40%
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 manual worker: 18% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 32% 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).
Only 2.4% of residents are immigrants in Merlerault-le-Pin
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 account for 1.7%. The usual figure: 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.
In Merlerault-le-Pin, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
In Merlerault-le-Pin, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 92% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification in Merlerault-le-Pin. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,429 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Merlerault-le-Pin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlerault-le-Pin | 51.6 | 28% | 9.9% | 2.4% |
| Sées 4,168 · 7.9 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 9.2 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 13.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 14.8 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 15.9 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 16.7 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 Merlerault-le-Pin
What is the population of Merlerault-le-Pin?
1,429 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (1,739).
How old are Merlerault-le-Pin’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Merlerault-le-Pin?
100, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Merlerault-le-Pin?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Merlerault-le-Pin?
€23,040 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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