Rouvray ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 2%
Here 21% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Rouvray has fewer couples with children than 80% of compared French towns, at 19%. In 2023, the Census found 505 residents locally, living in 240 households. On the census count, 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Rouvray
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 55 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rouvray, 15% of its 360 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rouvray had 586 residents at the 2012 census and 505 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Rouvray (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 65 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 18%, a higher share than 98% 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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 26% have lived in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Rouvray sits higher than 91% of compared French towns: 15%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. By its share of flats (17%), Rouvray is below 74% of compared French towns.
Rouvray changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −16%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 78% of compared French towns: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouvray 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Rouvray’s residents are over 46.7, older than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 45% of households are one person living alone
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
Average household size: 2 people. 10% of households are single parents, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,440 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.
Half of Rouvray’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Rouvray, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 85% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rouvray ranks above 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 18%
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.
Here 16% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 66% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Married residents: just over two fifths of the total. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Rouvray ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 13%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 33%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (505 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Rouvray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouvray | 46.7 | 28% | 15% | 18% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 10.3 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 12 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 17.9 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
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 Rouvray
What is the population of Rouvray?
505 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (586).
How old are Rouvray’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouvray?
55, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouvray?
INSEE counts 91 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouvray?
€24,440 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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