Bourguignons sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.6%)
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of homes are flats in Bourguignons. The town’s 120 households held 247 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 92% 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 Bourguignons
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bourguignons had 279 residents at the 2012 census and 247 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bourguignons’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −11% since 2012, behind 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
The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −13% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aube town +2%.
Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Bourguignons is over 53
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourguignons 53. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 30% in Bourguignons and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Bourguignons, 4.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of couples with children (20%), Bourguignons is below 73% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households stands at 29%.
A larger share of empty homes than 93% of compared French towns: 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
The share of second homes tops 65% of compared French towns: 3.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
The median resident lives on €27,870 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,870 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Bourguignons ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.2%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 67% of compared French towns: 11%. On households headed by a retired person, Bourguignons sits lower than 54% of compared French towns: 32%. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten 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: 1.7%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
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: 1.3%, below 89% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 79% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Bourguignons has 22%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Bourguignons
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
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 247 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 Bourguignons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourguignons | 53 | 30% | 3.3% | 1.7% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 1.3 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 14.9 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 15.7 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 16.1 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 16.2 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 17.4 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
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 Bourguignons
What is the population of Bourguignons?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (279).
How old are Bourguignons’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourguignons?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourguignons?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourguignons?
€27,870 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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