Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Borne is over 63.6
Here 7.1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. At the 2023 Census Borne was home to 42 people in 24 households. Flats account for 1.9%. 17% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Borne
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Borne, 73% of its 88 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Borne’s residents are under 63.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Borne’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
73% of homes are second homes, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 11% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 46% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Borne has grown +11%, faster than 71% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardèche town +4%. The change was +34% from 2012 to 2017 and −18% from 2017 to 2023.
43% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Borne 63.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Borne, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.8 people each. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 100%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 65% of compared French towns
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 a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Borne (6.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 60% of residents 15 and over are married
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 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Borne. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Borne, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Higher than in 51% of compared French towns: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 42 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Borne the oldest (63.6).
No nearby town is as old as Borne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borne | 63.6 | 43% | 73% | 6.1% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 12 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 15.4 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 15.9 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 16.2 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 16.6 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 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 Borne
What is the population of Borne?
42 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (38).
How old are Borne’s residents?
The median age is 63.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 4.1% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Borne?
64, with occasional dwellings: 73% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Borne?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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