Half of Belan-sur-Ource is over 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns
1.8% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. At the 2023 Census, 220 people lived in Belan-sur-Ource, in 110 households. Put another way, about one in three: 36% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Belan-sur-Ource
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Belan-sur-Ource, 17% of its 160 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Belan-sur-Ource had 274 residents at the 2012 census and 220 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Belan-sur-Ource’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (15%): 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: 17%, a higher share than 92% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 34%. Higher than in 96% of compared French towns: 15% of homes stand empty. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Car-free households: one in nine, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Belan-sur-Ource changed by −20% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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, −8% to 2017 and −13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −2% in Côte-d'Or.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Belan-sur-Ource 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 32%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 23% of households are couples with children
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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 9.1%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 65% of compared French towns. One-person households: 36% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,690 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.
Half of Belan-sur-Ource’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,690 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 4.5% in Belan-sur-Ource. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Belan-sur-Ource ranks below 85% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.7%
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.
Here 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For comparison, 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.
Belan-sur-Ource sits below 98% of compared French towns for married residents (29%)
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Belan-sur-Ource has 28%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 220 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Belan-sur-Ource
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belan-sur-Ource | 53.7 | 32% | 17% | 2.7% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 7 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 17.4 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Belan-sur-Ource
What is the population of Belan-sur-Ource?
220 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (274).
How old are Belan-sur-Ource’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belan-sur-Ource?
28, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belan-sur-Ource?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belan-sur-Ource?
€24,690 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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