A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.2%
In Bligny-lès-Beaune, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten homes are flats, or about one in 11. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 3.7% of homes stand empty. This Côte-d'Or town counted 1,288 residents and 550 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 53% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bligny-lès-Beaune 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
For Bligny-lès-Beaune, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.3, older than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 74% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 8.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
A lower share of households without a car than 93% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.2% of homes are second homes in Bligny-lès-Beaune. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,400 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.
At €29,400 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Bligny-lès-Beaune ranks above 69% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 36%
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
Locally, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Nothing unusual on households headed by a manual worker: 14%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 77% of compared French towns: 3.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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 make up 17% in Bligny-lès-Beaune, less than in 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bligny-lès-Beaune, 51%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 73% 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, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Bligny-lès-Beaune
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bligny-lès-Beaune | 44.3 | 22% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 2.7 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Chagny 5,350 · 6.5 mi | 48 | 25% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Gergy 2,566 · 9.8 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% | 3.1% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 11.8 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 11.9 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 13.4 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
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 Bligny-lès-Beaune
What is the population of Bligny-lès-Beaune?
1,288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,237).
How old are Bligny-lès-Beaune’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bligny-lès-Beaune?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bligny-lès-Beaune?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bligny-lès-Beaune?
€29,400 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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