More empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Bassemberg, 21%. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households have no car. Census day 2023: 222 residents and 100 households here. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 Bassemberg
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bassemberg had 261 residents at the 2012 census and 222 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bassemberg’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Bassemberg: −15%
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 Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −11%.
Bassemberg is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bassemberg 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Bassemberg and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 93% 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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 78% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Bassemberg has 15%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,310 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,310 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 12%, Bassemberg is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Bassemberg (9.7%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%
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: 1.4%, below 87% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 85% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Bassemberg sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (222 to 2,582 people), the 11th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Bassemberg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassemberg | 50.8 | 24% | 5.4% | 3% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 7 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 7.2 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 7.8 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Barr 7,057 · 9.1 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 9.3 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 9.9 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
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 Bassemberg
What is the population of Bassemberg?
222 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (261).
How old are Bassemberg’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bassemberg?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bassemberg?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bassemberg?
€26,310 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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