Boutenac-Touvent is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Boutenac-Touvent was home to 230 people in 100 households. 4.8% of households have no car. Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 2% of homes are flats in the town.
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 Boutenac-Touvent
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boutenac-Touvent, 19% of its 150 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Boutenac-Touvent’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (13%): 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 larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 19%
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
13% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +7% change since 2012: Boutenac-Touvent grew faster than 59% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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
■ Boutenac-Touvent 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Boutenac-Touvent and 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
4.8% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. On the census count, 33% of households are one person living alone.
€22,810 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Boutenac-Touvent is €22,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
52% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 98% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 9.6%, Boutenac-Touvent is behind nearly four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Boutenac-Touvent, 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 64% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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.
That is higher than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Boutenac-Touvent sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (13%)
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
54% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 97% 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
Here 29% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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.
Older than Boutenac-Touvent: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boutenac-Touvent | 52.7 | 29% | 19% | 6.5% |
| Gémozac 3,052 · 5.9 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 3.1% |
| Semussac 2,585 · 10.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.3% | 2.5% |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde 3,180 · 10.4 mi | 66.1 | 53% | 50% | 3.6% |
| Pons 4,343 · 11.6 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne 5,092 · 13.2 mi | 67.3 | 55% | 67% | 2.7% |
| Médis 3,157 · 13.8 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 8.7% | 3% |
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 Boutenac-Touvent
What is the population of Boutenac-Touvent?
230 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (215).
How old are Boutenac-Touvent’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boutenac-Touvent?
28, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boutenac-Touvent?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boutenac-Touvent?
€22,810 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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