Monsireigne ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 1.2%
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Monsireigne. At the 2023 Census Monsireigne was home to 999 people in 410 households. Flats: 2% of the total. More second homes than in four fifths of compared French towns: 5.9%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Monsireigne
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Monsireigne’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Monsireigne has grown +6%, faster than 54% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monsireigne 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 38.7, Monsireigne is younger than 85% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Monsireigne, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 34%, a higher share than 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Few places have so few one-person households: 28% here, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 8.3% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 7.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €23,520 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 €23,520 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 43% in Monsireigne, more than in 99% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Monsireigne has 28%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Monsireigne. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 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 64% of compared French towns: 45%
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
24% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 80% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (16%), Monsireigne is below 65% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Monsireigne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monsireigne | 38.7 | 15% | 5.9% | 1.1% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 3.7 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 5.8 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 6.2 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 6.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 7.7 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 5% | 2.1% |
| Les Herbiers 16,521 · 9.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 4.4% |
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 Monsireigne
What is the population of Monsireigne?
999 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (945).
How old are Monsireigne’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monsireigne?
28, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monsireigne?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monsireigne?
€23,520 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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