Bligny-sur-Ouche is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.6
Flats: 15%, below 77% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 5.3%. 21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. There were 380 households in Bligny-sur-Ouche at the 2023 Census, home to 814 residents.
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 Bligny-sur-Ouche
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bligny-sur-Ouche, 14% of its 480 homes: higher than in 90% 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 Bligny-sur-Ouche’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes in Bligny-sur-Ouche 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
Here 5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 84% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Bligny-sur-Ouche: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 88% 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
■ Bligny-sur-Ouche 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.9% in Bligny-sur-Ouche. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bligny-sur-Ouche: 14% of households are single parents, above 94% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of one-person households (39%), Bligny-sur-Ouche is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
A typical living standard of €25,360 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.
The median standard of living in Bligny-sur-Ouche is €25,360 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns, at 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
The census found that 33% of households are headed by a retired person in Bligny-sur-Ouche. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.8% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
In Bligny-sur-Ouche, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
In Bligny-sur-Ouche, 38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 78% 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 single residents is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 814 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as old as Bligny-sur-Ouche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bligny-sur-Ouche | 52.6 | 31% | 14% | 3.8% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 10 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 13.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Chagny 5,350 · 14.4 mi | 48 | 25% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 17.3 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
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 Bligny-sur-Ouche
What is the population of Bligny-sur-Ouche?
814 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (846).
How old are Bligny-sur-Ouche’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bligny-sur-Ouche?
67, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bligny-sur-Ouche?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bligny-sur-Ouche?
€25,360 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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