Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Bellon is over 56.5
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Bellon has 53%. The town had 145 residents in 71 households at the 2023 census. Here, 27% of households are one person living alone. On flats, Bellon sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%.
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 Bellon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bellon, 23% of its 100 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Bellon (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Bellon’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bellon had 163 residents at the 2012 census and 145 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Bellon, 23% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Bellon, the census puts empty homes at 9%.
A change of −11% since 2012 leaves Bellon 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
Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then −7% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 39%, a higher share than 97% 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
■ Bellon 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (6.8%), Bellon is below 98% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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
Average household size: 2 people. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 74% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €21,560 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.
The median standard of living in Bellon is €21,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Bellon ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 6.7%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
22% of residents are immigrants, more than in 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are foreign nationals here. Measured more widely, 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.
In Bellon, 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Bellon comes in at 24%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 26%
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
With adults with no qualification at 16%, Bellon is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 145 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 3 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Bellon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellon | 56.5 | 39% | 23% | 22% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 11.7 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 12.8 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 17.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
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 Bellon
What is the population of Bellon?
145 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (163).
How old are Bellon’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellon?
24, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellon?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bellon?
€21,560 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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