A median age of 58.3: Bérulle is older than 97% of compared French towns
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are couples with children here. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Bérulle’s population at 193, in 110 households. The census found that 1% of homes are flats locally.
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 Bérulle
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 77 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bérulle, 37% of its 210 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Bérulle’s residents are under 58.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bérulle had 259 residents at the 2012 census and 193 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
37% of homes are second homes, a share 96% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten homes stand empty.
Slower than most: −25% since 2012, 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
In two steps, −10% to 2017 and −18% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Aube.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bérulle 58.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of residents are 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 82 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Bérulle ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.8%
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
Average household size: 1.8 people. One-person households are more common here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,580 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.
Half of Bérulle’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,580 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 62%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 4.8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Bérulle. Across the comparison, 32% 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).
Below 93% of compared French towns: 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of residents are immigrants in Bérulle. That is lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. Elsewhere, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Bérulle comes in at 40%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bérulle
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: 22% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 193 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Bérulle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bérulle | 58.3 | 39% | 37% | 3.7% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 4.9 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 12.2 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 12.6 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 15.9 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Sens 27,106 · 17.4 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 17.4 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
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 Bérulle
What is the population of Bérulle?
193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (259).
How old are Bérulle’s residents?
The median age is 58.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bérulle?
77, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bérulle?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bérulle?
€26,580 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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