Méricourt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2%
Here 5.9% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. At the 2023 Census, 383 people lived in Méricourt, in 170 households. Couples with children: 30% of the total. 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 81% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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.
Méricourt changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 68% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Yvelines town +7%.
Méricourt is older than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Méricourt 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Méricourt, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. For Méricourt, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 20%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 75% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households is 34%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 88% of compared French towns: 9.3%
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
Of all households, 9.9% moved in during the last two years and 19% have stayed three decades or more. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €27,730 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.
Living standards centre on €27,730 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Méricourt ranks above 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Méricourt has 36%. Measured more widely, 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).
Above 59% of compared French towns: 7.8% 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.
The median compared commune in Yvelines has 15%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 74% of compared French towns: 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
The figure for single residents is 24% in Méricourt and 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 25% 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. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (383 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Méricourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méricourt | 46.6 | 20% | 5.9% | 7.8% |
| Freneuse 4,505 · 1.2 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 4.6% | 15% |
| Bonnières-sur-Seine 5,064 · 2.1 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Rosny-sur-Seine 7,328 · 2.5 mi | 37 | 14% | 1.1% | 20% |
| Gasny 3,062 · 4.1 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 2% | 4.8% |
| Mantes-la-Jolie 43,526 · 4.2 mi | 35.1 | 15% | 0.5% | 30% |
| Buchelay 3,360 · 4.4 mi | 38.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 16% |
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 Méricourt
What is the population of Méricourt?
383 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (381).
How old are Méricourt’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Méricourt?
12, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Méricourt?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Méricourt?
€27,730 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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