Households headed by a retired person: 48%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
By its share of one-person households (42%), Époisses is above 77% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 715 residents in 340 households. Census figures put flats at 9.2% here. Half are older than 50.7, older than 85% 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 Époisses
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 56 second homes and occasional dwellings in Époisses, 12% of its 450 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% 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
Époisses had 771 residents at the 2012 census and 715 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Époisses’ residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 51 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Époisses ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 12%
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
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Époisses has 13%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Époisses changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 93% 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
The median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six −10%.
A median age of 50.7: Époisses is older than 85% 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
■ Époisses 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 30% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Put another way, about one in ten: 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Single-parent households: 7.3%, a lower share than 87% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A median of €23,180 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,180 a year: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Époisses ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4%
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.
The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 45: 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 40% of residents 15 and over are married in Époisses
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Époisses (26%). Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 Époisses, a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (715 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 4 around it: Époisses
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Époisses | 50.7 | 30% | 12% | 4% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 7.8 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 11.5 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 12.4 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 13.5 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
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 Époisses
What is the population of Époisses?
715 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (771).
How old are Époisses’ residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Époisses?
56, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Époisses?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Époisses?
€23,180 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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