Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.5% of residents are 15 to 24
Flats make up 2.6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Prâlon counted 109 residents and 50 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of households are headed by a retired person. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.8%, fewer than in 89% 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 Prâlon
Growing fast
Prâlon had 83 residents at the 2012 census and 109 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 11% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Prâlon grew +31% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 97% 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 change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +22% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Half of Prâlon is under 42, younger than 66% 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
■ Prâlon 42. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 20%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
Prâlon: 14% of homes stand empty, above 94% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 6.1% of homes are second homes in Prâlon. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€29,810 a year: the median standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,810 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 17%. Across the comparison, 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).
Prâlon sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.5%)
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 97% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Prâlon, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 10% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Prâlon comes in at 52%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
7.7% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
With graduates of higher education at 48%, Prâlon is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 109 to 2,582 people, the 8th youngest
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 4 of the 6 around it: Prâlon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prâlon | 42 | 20% | 6.1% | 1.5% |
| Talant 11,896 · 10.7 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 10.7 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 10.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 11.4 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 12 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 12.3 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 4.1% | 13% |
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 Prâlon
What is the population of Prâlon?
109 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (83).
How old are Prâlon’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prâlon?
4, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prâlon?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prâlon?
€29,810 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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