Photo: CCMontagny · CC BY-SA 4.0Couples with children make up 39% in Montagny, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Montagny comes in at 3%. This Rhône town had 3,218 residents in 1,240 households at the 2023 Census. Across Montagny, 5.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Montagny
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 4.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Montagny had 2,604 residents at the 2012 census and 3,218 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Montagny has grown +24%, faster than 93% 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, +10% in Rhône. Here the change came as +14% to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Half of Montagny is under 41.3, younger than 71% 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
■ Montagny 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Montagny, a fifth of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Montagny (10%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of households are single parents here. There are 2.5 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 1.1% of homes are second homes
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
9.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 5.4% of homes stand empty. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €31,500 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.
Living standards centre on €31,500 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 7.0%.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns: 8.2%
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 Montagny, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: a third of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 2.8%, a lower share than 68% of compared French towns
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 census found that 5.6% of residents are immigrants in Montagny. That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Montagny comes in at 19%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 38%, a higher share than 74% 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: 16% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Ormoy (32.2), the youngest, and Jard-sur-Mer (68.1), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Montagny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Montagny
What is the population of Montagny?
3,218 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (2,604).
How old are Montagny’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montagny?
14, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montagny?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 90 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montagny?
€31,500 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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