1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 43% of households are headed by a retired person in Bellevigne. The share of households without a car stands at 5.9%. Half of the town’s residents are over 48.8, older than in 78% of compared French towns. The town’s 580 households held 1,271 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Bellevigne
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bellevigne had 1,395 residents at the 2012 census and 1,271 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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 median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −4%.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bellevigne 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 65% of compared French towns. By its share of couples with children (29%), Bellevigne is above 70% of compared French towns.
1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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
One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Across Bellevigne, 6.8% of homes are second homes. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.7%, more than in 77% of compared French towns.
A median of €26,070 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.
Living standards centre on €26,070 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Bellevigne has 21%. As a reference point, 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 make up 3.1% in Bellevigne, less 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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. For Bellevigne, the census puts foreign nationals at 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
The figure for married residents is 47% in Bellevigne and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 89% 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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Bellevigne are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevigne | 48.8 | 25% | 6.8% | 3.1% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 4.5 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 5.6 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 8.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 9.7 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 11.3 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 12.5 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
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 Bellevigne
What is the population of Bellevigne?
1,271 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,395).
How old are Bellevigne’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellevigne?
47, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellevigne?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bellevigne?
€26,070 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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