A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Menomblet has 1.8%. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 31% in the town. Fewer single-parent households than in 98% of compared French towns: 5.2%. At the 2023 Census Menomblet was home to 685 people in 290 households.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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.
Menomblet grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 72% 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, +9% in Vendée. Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Menomblet sits below 65% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Menomblet 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Menomblet is 43.4, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 91% 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Second homes: 8.5%, a higher share than 86% of compared French towns
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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 6.4%. 7.9% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 63% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,850 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 €23,850 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Menomblet ranks below 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.2%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Menomblet has 29%. Set beside that, 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).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Menomblet has 2.6%. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Menomblet ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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 22%, Menomblet is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 685 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).
Menomblet sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menomblet | 43.4 | 20% | 8.5% | 3.2% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 5.9 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 6.3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 6.5 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Cerizay 4,793 · 6.6 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 1.4% | 15% |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 9.7 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 5% | 2.1% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 10.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
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 Menomblet
What is the population of Menomblet?
685 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (618).
How old are Menomblet’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menomblet?
29, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menomblet?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menomblet?
€23,850 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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