Brégnier-Cordon ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 2.9%
8.9% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Brégnier-Cordon counted 804 residents and 350 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Fewer households without a car than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.6%.
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 Brégnier-Cordon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brégnier-Cordon had 889 residents at the 2012 census and 804 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brégnier-Cordon’s population moved −10% on 2012, less than in 96% 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 −6%; 2017 to 2023, −4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%.
9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 65% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brégnier-Cordon 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Brégnier-Cordon is 44.7, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 5.7%, a lower share than 97% 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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone here. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Households average 2.3 people. Couples with children are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns.
6.8% of homes in Brégnier-Cordon are second homes
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
16% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.5% moved in within the last two years. Higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
A median of €27,270 a year per consumption unit
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.
The median standard of living in Brégnier-Cordon is €27,270 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, a higher share than 72% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 17% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.6% in Brégnier-Cordon and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 94% 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
Married residents make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 70% 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, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 804 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Brégnier-Cordon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brégnier-Cordon | 44.7 | 22% | 6.8% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages 3,095 · 3.1 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin 7,698 · 3.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| Aoste 2,876 · 3.3 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 7.9% |
| Dolomieu 3,173 · 6.8 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 4.5% | 3.1% |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné 6,850 · 7.4 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin 3,602 · 7.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 8% |
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 Brégnier-Cordon
What is the population of Brégnier-Cordon?
804 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (889).
How old are Brégnier-Cordon’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brégnier-Cordon?
28, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brégnier-Cordon?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brégnier-Cordon?
€27,270 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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