Half of Boscamnant is over 72.4, older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Boscamnant, 9.6%. At the 2023 Census, 330 people lived locally, in 100 households. Couples with children make up about one in nine here (11%). On households headed by a retired person, Boscamnant sits higher than 98% of compared French towns: 52%.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Boscamnant
An older town
Half of Boscamnant’s residents are under 72.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 61% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 39% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boscamnant had 418 residents at the 2012 census and 330 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−21% since 2012, a pace below 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Charente-Maritime town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −15% to 2023.
In Boscamnant, 61% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boscamnant 72.4. The median compared French town: 44.
2.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 73 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 18% of households are single parents
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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.9 people. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Just over two in five households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 75% of compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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 last two years, 5.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The figure for empty homes is 15% in Boscamnant and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,410 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 Boscamnant’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,410 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 78% of compared French towns, at 9.8%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Boscamnant, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Typically, 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of residents 15 and over are married in Boscamnant. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 43%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Boscamnant has 27%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 330 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Boscamnant (72.4), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Boscamnant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boscamnant | 72.4 | 61% | 9.6% | 3.2% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 5.3 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 11 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 13 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 14.6 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 15.7 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 16.7 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
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 Boscamnant
What is the population of Boscamnant?
330 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (418).
How old are Boscamnant’s residents?
The median age is 72.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.4% are under 18 and 61% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boscamnant?
13, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boscamnant?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boscamnant?
€23,410 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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