Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Bugeat is over 64.6
14% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). At 11%, the share of flats is lower than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Bugeat’s population at 719, in 360 households. In Bugeat, 6.4% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Bugeat
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 360 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bugeat, 47% of its 750 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Bugeat’s residents are under 64.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bugeat had 860 residents at the 2012 census and 719 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Bugeat’s households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 30% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 47% of homes are second homes
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, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Bugeat has 4.9%. About one in seven: that is how common households without a car are in Bugeat (15%). Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
−16% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Corrèze.
Bugeat sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (49%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bugeat 64.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 89% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Here 8.3% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. On average, 1.8 people share a household. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,980 a year
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 €22,980 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 47% of households are headed by a retired person here. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%. Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 8.1%, a higher share than 75% 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.
Immigrants: 8.9% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Bugeat
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
Married residents: 37%, below 84% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Bugeat, 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
With adults with no qualification at 29%, Bugeat is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 719 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Bugeat the oldest (64.6).
Bugeat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugeat | 64.6 | 49% | 47% | 8.9% |
| Égletons 4,341 · 14.3 mi | 38 | 23% | 7.9% | 12% |
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 Bugeat
What is the population of Bugeat?
719 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (860).
How old are Bugeat’s residents?
The median age is 64.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.6% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bugeat?
360, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bugeat?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (8.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bugeat?
€22,980 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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