Half of Bannegon is over 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Bannegon, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 54%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 233, in 120 households. By its share of couples with children (15%), Bannegon is below 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Bannegon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 61 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bannegon, 29% of its 210 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Bannegon’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bannegon had 251 residents at the 2012 census and 233 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 29% in Bannegon, more than in 95% 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
8.9% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7.3% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
Bannegon’s population moved −7% on 2012, less than in 93% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 −15%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.4% in Bannegon, less than in 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
■ Bannegon 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over here. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
3.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Bannegon has 42%. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
The median resident lives on €25,120 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 €25,120 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Bannegon, 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% 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
In Bannegon, 12% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 9.4% of 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns, at 3%
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.
2.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bannegon, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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 share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 233 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
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).
Bannegon is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannegon | 57.6 | 36% | 29% | 3% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 9.4 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 9.7 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 11.2 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 15.1 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Avord 2,909 · 16.9 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
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 Bannegon
What is the population of Bannegon?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (251).
How old are Bannegon’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bannegon?
61, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bannegon?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bannegon?
€25,120 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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