Val-de-Bonnieure sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.5%)
With a median age of 49.9, Val-de-Bonnieure is older than 83% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,332 residents in the town, living in 590 households. About one in 14: that is how common second homes are in Val-de-Bonnieure (6.9%). Households headed by a retired person: 42%, above 88% of compared French towns.
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 Val-de-Bonnieure
Empty homes
The census found 88 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Val-de-Bonnieure changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 55% 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 +1%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% 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
■ Val-de-Bonnieure 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7%, Val-de-Bonnieure is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
6.8% of households are single parents, below 91% 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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 31% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Val-de-Bonnieure, 5.8%. The share of empty homes stands at 12%.
The median resident lives on €24,810 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,810 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Val-de-Bonnieure, 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 76% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 68% of compared French towns: 6.7% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.7% of residents are immigrants. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Val-de-Bonnieure ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Val-de-Bonnieure, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 83% 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%; Val-de-Bonnieure has 22%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,332 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Val-de-Bonnieure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Bonnieure | 49.9 | 30% | 6.9% | 6.7% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 7.8 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Brie 4,125 · 8.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 8.7 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 9.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 10.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 11.9 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
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 Val-de-Bonnieure
What is the population of Val-de-Bonnieure?
1,332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,287).
How old are Val-de-Bonnieure’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-de-Bonnieure?
50, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-de-Bonnieure?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-de-Bonnieure?
€24,810 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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