More empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Breny has 16%. Its 96 households held 210 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 26%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Breny
Fewer residents than in 2012
Breny had 257 residents at the 2012 census and 210 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Breny changed by −18% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 median Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −14%.
Half of Breny is over 47.8, older than 73% 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
■ Breny 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Breny, 12%. Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Breny sits below 70% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 32% in Breny and 35% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
A lower share of households without a car than 87% of compared French towns, at 5.2%
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
By its share of flats (13%), Breny is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. The share of second homes stands at 3.4%. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,150 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,150 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 62% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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.
Immigrants make up 2.4%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 32% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Breny. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Breny sits below 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (15%)
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
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Breny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breny | 47.8 | 22% | 3.4% | 2.4% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 7.2 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 9.6 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 10.8 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 12.3 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 12.7 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 13.2 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
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 Breny
What is the population of Breny?
210 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (257).
How old are Breny’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Breny?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Breny?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Breny?
€24,150 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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