Households without a car: 2.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Bellechassagne has 20%. Meanwhile, the median age here is 49.3, higher than in 81% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Bellechassagne was home to 102 people in 49 households. The share of flats stands at 1.4%.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Bellechassagne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bellechassagne, 29% of its 73 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Bellechassagne had 77 residents at the 2012 census and 102 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 29%
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. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes: 4.1% of the total.
A +32% change since 2012: faster than 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Corrèze town, the change came in two steps: +16% from 2012 to 2017, then +15% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 4% in Bellechassagne, less than in 99% 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
■ Bellechassagne 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 25% in Bellechassagne and 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Each household has 2.1 people on average. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Bellechassagne has 30%.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Bellechassagne. For comparison, 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).
Only 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Bellechassagne
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Bellechassagne, 4%. The median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Single residents: 15%, a lower share than 99% 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 trails 67% of compared French towns: 40%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Bellechassagne, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (102 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Bellechassagne and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellechassagne | 49.3 | 25% | 29% | 4% |
| Ussel 9,187 · 8 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 4.5% | 10% |
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 Bellechassagne
What is the population of Bellechassagne?
102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (77).
How old are Bellechassagne’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellechassagne?
21, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellechassagne?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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