Half of Bouligneux is over 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Bouligneux has 1.4%. At the 2023 Census Bouligneux was home to 318 people in 140 households. Flats account for 8.3%. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Bouligneux
An older town
Half of Bouligneux’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouligneux’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 59% 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 first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouligneux 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, above 77% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.6% of households are single parents
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
29% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Average household size: 2.3 people. Couples with children are more common here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Only 3.8% of homes stand empty in Bouligneux
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 median compared French town, 11% of households have no car; here, one in 18. 6.4% of homes are second homes, or about one in 16. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
€32,530 a year: the median 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 residents live in households above €32,530 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
In Bouligneux, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 84% 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
Across Bouligneux, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: nearly one in ten 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Bouligneux has 3.5%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 17%, below 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest 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.
No nearby town is as old as Bouligneux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouligneux | 52.9 | 27% | 6.4% | 3.5% |
| Villars-les-Dombes 5,163 · 1.8 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 7% |
| Saint-André-de-Corcy 3,370 · 6.7 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.2% |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne 5,250 · 7.3 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 2.3% | 4.9% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 8 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Reyrieux 5,358 · 10.8 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 1.7% | 6.1% |
| Frans 2,582 · 11.2 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 0.6% | 4.2% |
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 Bouligneux
What is the population of Bouligneux?
318 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (310).
How old are Bouligneux’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouligneux?
10, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouligneux?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouligneux?
€32,530 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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