Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Courcelles-lès-Montbard is over 56.7
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 85 residents in 42 households. Locally, 2.4% of households have no car. Flats make up 1.8%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Courcelles-lès-Montbard
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courcelles-lès-Montbard, 14% of its 57 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Courcelles-lès-Montbard’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 14% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 12% of homes stand empty. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 55% 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, −2% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −2% in Côte-d'Or.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6% in Courcelles-lès-Montbard, 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
■ Courcelles-lès-Montbard 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2 people on average. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Courcelles-lès-Montbard comes in at 22%.
Courcelles-lès-Montbard ranks above 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 44%
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 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Courcelles-lès-Montbard sits below 77% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.6%)
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (57%), Courcelles-lès-Montbard is above 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns, at 9.7%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Courcelles-lès-Montbard has 28%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest 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.
No nearby town is as old as Courcelles-lès-Montbard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles-lès-Montbard | 56.7 | 29% | 14% | 3.6% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 3.7 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 4.6 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 7.5 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
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 Courcelles-lès-Montbard
What is the population of Courcelles-lès-Montbard?
85 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (82).
How old are Courcelles-lès-Montbard’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcelles-lès-Montbard?
8, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcelles-lès-Montbard?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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