Half of Bertignolles is over 56, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bertignolles is home to 52 residents in 28 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 40% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Bertignolles has 2.6%.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Bertignolles
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bertignolles had 67 residents at the 2012 census and 52 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bertignolles’ residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−22% since 2012: slower than 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aube town +2%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bertignolles 56. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bertignolles. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Bertignolles
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.9 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. With one-person households at 40%, Bertignolles is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count.
Bertignolles sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (21%)
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
7.7% of homes are second homes (Aube median 2%, France median 2.1%) and 21% are empty (6.7%). Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of households have no car.
Households headed by a manual worker: 20%, a higher share than 83% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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).
0% of residents in Bertignolles are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bertignolles: 57% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
With single residents at 16%, Bertignolles is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 2.2%, a lower share than 99% 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
Adults with no qualification: 31% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 52 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.
Bertignolles is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertignolles | 56 | 25% | 7.7% | 0% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 6.6 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 11.1 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
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 Bertignolles
What is the population of Bertignolles?
52 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (67).
How old are Bertignolles’ residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 9.6% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bertignolles?
3, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bertignolles?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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