Gemeaux ranks above 98% of compared French towns on couples with children: 39%
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Gemeaux comes in at 15%. The town had 974 residents in 390 households at the 2023 census. Here, 3.9% of households have no car. One in ten homes stand empty, more than in 80% 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 Gemeaux
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Gemeaux’s residents are under 36.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 73% 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 −1%, then +12% to 2023. Over those years, the median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Gemeaux is younger than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gemeaux 36.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Gemeaux, 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Here, 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Gemeaux has 5.3%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
2.9% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 13%.
Median standard of living: €29,060 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 €29,060 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Gemeaux sits above 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (17%)
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 11%, Gemeaux is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Gemeaux has 2.5%. The wider picture: 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Gemeaux, less than in 96% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Gemeaux. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 9.1%, a lower share than 97% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 41%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 974 to 2,582 people
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 Gemeaux (36.5), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Gemeaux is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemeaux | 36.5 | 13% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Is-sur-Tille 4,302 · 3.1 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 9.6 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7,544 · 10.3 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.2% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 10.6 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Quetigny 8,971 · 11.2 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Talant 11,896 · 11.5 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
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 Gemeaux
What is the population of Gemeaux?
974 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (877).
How old are Gemeaux’s residents?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gemeaux?
13, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gemeaux?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gemeaux?
€29,060 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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