Half of Martigny-le-Comte is over 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 56% in Martigny-le-Comte and 32% in the typical compared French town. 3.1% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Saône-et-Loire town had 406 residents in 210 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Martigny-le-Comte
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 65 second homes and occasional dwellings in Martigny-le-Comte, 22% of its 300 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Martigny-le-Comte’s residents are under 55.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Martigny-le-Comte had 424 residents at the 2012 census and 406 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Martigny-le-Comte has 3.4%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes: 9.7% of the total.
Martigny-le-Comte’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 86% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Saône-et-Loire.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Martigny-le-Comte 55.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, above 87% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Martigny-le-Comte comes in at 19%. Census figures put one-person households at 39% locally. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Standard of living at the median: €26,270 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.
At €26,270 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Martigny-le-Comte
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 78% of compared French towns: 3.4% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.9%, Martigny-le-Comte is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 72% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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
With adults with no qualification at 16%, Martigny-le-Comte is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 406 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Martigny-le-Comte is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martigny-le-Comte | 55.7 | 31% | 22% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Vallier 8,508 · 7.6 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.7% | 5% |
| Charolles 2,772 · 7.7 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines 4,235 · 8.4 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 1.1% | 2.9% |
| Montceau-les-Mines 17,064 · 9.4 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Blanzy 5,955 · 11.2 mi | 53 | 32% | 0.9% | 5% |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 11.9 mi | 54.2 | 36% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
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 Martigny-le-Comte
What is the population of Martigny-le-Comte?
406 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (424).
How old are Martigny-le-Comte’s residents?
The median age is 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Martigny-le-Comte?
65, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Martigny-le-Comte?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Martigny-le-Comte?
€26,270 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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