In Messemé, 39% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car trails 93% of compared French towns: 4.3%. The 2023 Census counted 243 residents in 96 households. The census found that 5.9% of residents are 15 to 24 in Messemé. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Messemé
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Messemé’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 65% 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
The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vienne town +4%.
Messemé is younger than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Messemé 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 16%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.5 people. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 5.6%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
13% of homes stand empty, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Messemé, 3.5%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Turnover: 7.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €25,200 a year in standard of living
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 Messemé’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 5.6% in Messemé and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%. On the census count, a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
54% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 75% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 243 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as young as Messemé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messemé | 38.6 | 16% | 3.5% | 0.8% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 4 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Chinon 8,144 · 11.5 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| Beaumont-en-Véron 2,717 · 12.9 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 3.1% |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux 3,435 · 16.8 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Montreuil-Bellay 3,746 · 17 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 5% | 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 Messemé
What is the population of Messemé?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (224).
How old are Messemé’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Messemé?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Messemé?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Messemé?
€25,200 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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