Bompas is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.5
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Bompas has 4.5%. 206 residents in 110 households: that is Bompas at the 2023 Census. Locally, 2.7% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Bompas
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bompas, 23% of its 160 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 85% 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 Bompas’ residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Bompas (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 9.1% for the median compared commune in Ariège. 8.5% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes are second homes, a share 94% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 34%. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.5%, more than in 76% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 68% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Ariège town, the change came in two steps: −5% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Bompas ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bompas 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bompas sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (4.5%)
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here, just over two in five households are one person living alone.
Standard of living at the median: €23,400 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.
Living standards centre on €23,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Bompas: 45% of households are headed by a retired person, above 93% 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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 4.5% in Bompas. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 86% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 8.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bompas, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Bompas sits below 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Bompas has 24%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 206 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Bompas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bompas | 55.5 | 39% | 23% | 16% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 1.5 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Foix 9,934 · 6.7 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 12.6 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 12.7 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 15.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 16.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Bompas
What is the population of Bompas?
206 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (205).
How old are Bompas’ residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bompas?
36, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bompas?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bompas?
€23,400 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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