18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns
28% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 20%. Second homes are more common here than in three quarters of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Nuits-Saint-Georges’s population at 5,235, in 2,600 households.
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 Nuits-Saint-Georges
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nuits-Saint-Georges had 5,566 residents at the 2012 census and 5,235 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nuits-Saint-Georges’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 91% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
A median age of 48.4: Nuits-Saint-Georges is older than 76% 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
■ Nuits-Saint-Georges 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Nuits-Saint-Georges sits above 85% of compared French towns for one-person households (45%)
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 8.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
18% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 70% of compared French towns
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
In Nuits-Saint-Georges, 7.7% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 15% locally. Compared with other places, flats are common here: 45%, more than in 70% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €26,000 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 €26,000 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 50% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.0%.
Nuits-Saint-Georges: 35% of households are headed by a retired person, above 62% of compared French towns
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
7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Nuits-Saint-Georges, 4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 68% 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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Nuits-Saint-Georges, 3.2%. Across the comparison, 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.
35% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 89% 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
29% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Nuits-Saint-Georges ranks above 75% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 24%
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: 29% of the total. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th 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.
The youngest is Brou-sur-Chantereine (34.1), the oldest Forcalquier (50.8).
Nuits-Saint-Georges is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuits-Saint-Georges | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 6.5 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 9.3 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 9.8 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 11.1 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 11.7 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
| Neuilly-Crimolois 3,588 · 12.3 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 0.4% | 7.7% |
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 Nuits-Saint-Georges
What is the population of Nuits-Saint-Georges?
5,235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (5,566).
How old are Nuits-Saint-Georges’ residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nuits-Saint-Georges?
140, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nuits-Saint-Georges?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nuits-Saint-Georges?
€26,000 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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