Only 0.8% of homes are flats in Bossancourt
4.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Bossancourt had 193 residents in 97 households at the 2023 census. The share of couples with children stands at 16%. Higher than in 99% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Bossancourt
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bossancourt, 14% of its 130 homes: higher than in 90% 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 Bossancourt’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Empty homes: 12%, above 89% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up about one in 19 here (5.2%).
+4% since 2012: slower than 52% 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 change was +11%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aube town +2%.
Bossancourt is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bossancourt 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 37% in Bossancourt, more than in 58% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Bossancourt has 11%.
The median resident lives on €23,900 a year per consumption unit
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 Bossancourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,900 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 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 retired person account for 32%. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.2% of Bossancourt’s residents
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.
Across Bossancourt, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bossancourt: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 84% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In Bossancourt, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Bossancourt is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bossancourt | 53 | 25% | 14% | 6.2% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 5.9 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 8.3 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 15.5 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Bossancourt
What is the population of Bossancourt?
193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (185).
How old are Bossancourt’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bossancourt?
18, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bossancourt?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bossancourt?
€23,900 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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