More couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 36%
5.2% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Bessy had 111 residents in 53 households at the 2023 census. In Bessy, 15% of residents are 65 or over. At 27%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
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 Bessy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bessy had 126 residents at the 2012 census and 111 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bessy changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 −21%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Bessy is younger than 54% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bessy 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 11% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 36%, a higher share than 55% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Second homes: 5%, a higher share than 77% of compared French towns
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. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 1.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,420 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.
At €24,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Bessy ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 27%
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).
Below 87% of compared French towns: 2.5% of residents 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 married residents at 48%, Bessy is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bessy
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
With adults with no qualification at 26%, Bessy is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (111 to 2,582 people), the 13th youngest
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.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Bessy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessy | 43.5 | 15% | 5% | 2.5% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 5.5 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 13.2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 13.8 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 16.2 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 16.3 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 16.9 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 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 Bessy
What is the population of Bessy?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (126).
How old are Bessy’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bessy?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bessy?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bessy?
€24,420 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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