Younger than 92% of compared French towns: half of Béligneux is under 36.7
4.1% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.7% of households have no car. On one-person households, Béligneux sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 23%. The 2023 Census counted 3,535 residents in 1,320 households.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Béligneux
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Béligneux’s residents are under 36.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Béligneux grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 74% 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 +5%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns, at 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Béligneux 36.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 95% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 11%, Béligneux is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.6 people.
More households in social housing than 72% of compared French towns: 18%
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
On second homes, 1.3% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. Flats come to 28% in Béligneux, about three in ten.
A typical living standard of €26,630 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 Béligneux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,630 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 10.0%.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a retired person
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 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Béligneux has 14%. Add to that, the town has more households headed by a manual worker than 58% of compared French towns, at 15%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.4% of Béligneux’s 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 Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns. For Béligneux, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Béligneux, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 66% of compared French towns
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
On the census count, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Béligneux
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Béligneux, 33%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,518 to 3,550 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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 34.9 in Rubelles to 63.3 in Deauville.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Béligneux are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béligneux | 36.7 | 16% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| Balan 3,077 · 1.8 mi | 28.6 | 9.5% | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Dagneux 4,778 · 3 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 0.8% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans 2,903 · 3.7 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| Montluel 6,895 · 3.9 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.2% | 14% |
| Villette-d'Anthon 5,268 · 4.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 8.9% | 5.6% |
| La Boisse 3,449 · 4.7 mi | 40 | 16% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
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 Béligneux
What is the population of Béligneux?
3,535 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (3,172).
How old are Béligneux’s residents?
The median age is 36.7, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béligneux?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béligneux?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béligneux?
€26,630 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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