More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
Here 43% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. At 28%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Salmaise counted 126 residents and 69 households at the 2023 Census. 7% fewer people than in 2012.
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 Salmaise
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salmaise, 21% of its 120 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Salmaise had 136 residents at the 2012 census and 126 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Salmaise’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 21% of its homes
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
Flats make up 5%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households have no car, or about one in 11.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 94% 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 change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Salmaise is over 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salmaise 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 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
The share of couples with children trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 21%. On average, 1.8 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
A typical living standard of €25,700 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,700 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 67% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Salmaise (14%). Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are foreign nationals, below 73% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Salmaise comes in at 7.9%. That is higher than in three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
In Salmaise, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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
By its share of married residents (39%), Salmaise is below nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 3 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Salmaise
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmaise | 46.3 | 28% | 21% | 7.9% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 11.3 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 15.3 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Talant 11,896 · 17.8 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 Salmaise
What is the population of Salmaise?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (136).
How old are Salmaise’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salmaise?
25, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salmaise?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salmaise?
€25,700 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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