Flats make up 0.5% in Montreuil, less than in 99% of compared French towns
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Montreuil. At 2.8%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. This Vendée town counted 818 residents and 350 households at the 2023 Census. Across Montreuil, 2.7% of households have no car.
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.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Montreuil behind 57% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vendée town +9%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Older than 73% of compared French towns: half of Montreuil is over 47.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montreuil 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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
33% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Montreuil: 9.5% of homes are second homes, above 87% 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
The share of households in social housing is 7.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 25% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.7% moved in within the last two years.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,470 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,470 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Montreuil: 27% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
Here, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
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 98% of compared French towns, at 54%
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: 19%, below 96% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Locally, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 818 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Montreuil is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreuil | 47.7 | 20% | 9.5% | 1.8% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 4.6 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 9.4 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Marans 4,476 · 9.7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Benet 4,089 · 11.6 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 15 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Magné 2,728 · 15.2 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
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 Montreuil
What is the population of Montreuil?
818 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (793).
How old are Montreuil’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montreuil?
39, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montreuil?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montreuil?
€25,470 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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