Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC036% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
The figure for empty homes is 4.1% in Montanay and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The town had 3,308 residents in 1,290 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 2.8% of the total. 3.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 91% 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 Montanay
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
58% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 28% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Montanay has grown +15%, faster than 83% 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
Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Below 63% of compared French towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montanay 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.5, Montanay is older than 53% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Montanay, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are one person living alone in Montanay
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
Single-parent households make up 4.9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The average household has 2.5 people.
Only 0.4% of homes are second homes in Montanay
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
Some 7.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Montanay, the census puts flats at 14%.
Median living standard: €38,290 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €38,290 a year: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 3.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 34% in Montanay, more than in 98% 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
4.9% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. On the census count, a third of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 64% of compared French towns: 4.9% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 52%
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
22% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 58%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 9.6%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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 Saint-Maximin (36.4), the youngest, and Roscoff (61.5), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Montanay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montanay | 44.5 | 20% | 0.4% | 4.9% |
| Neuville-sur-Saône 7,812 · 0.9 mi | 43 | 25% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Albigny-sur-Saône 3,057 · 1.7 mi | 44.8 | 26% | 1.9% | 9.6% |
| Genay 5,585 · 1.8 mi | 43 | 19% | 0.8% | 9% |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines 2,989 · 2 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin 3,098 · 2.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.2% | 8.6% |
| Massieux 2,843 · 2.8 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 1.1% | 5% |
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 Montanay
What is the population of Montanay?
3,308 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (2,865).
How old are Montanay’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montanay?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montanay?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 98 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montanay?
€38,290 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 3.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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