24% of homes in Semezanges are second homes
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 45 households in Semezanges at the 2023 Census, home to 100 residents. Households headed by a retired person come to 20% locally, about two in ten. The figure for households without a car is 3.8% in Semezanges and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Semezanges
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Semezanges, 24% of its 60 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 2.1%, a lower 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 7.7% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Slower growth than 61% of compared French towns: Semezanges changed by +2% since 2012
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 −6%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Semezanges 46. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46, Semezanges is older than 63% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
In Semezanges, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 75% 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
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Semezanges. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. For Semezanges, the census puts single-parent households at 10%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €31,890 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 €31,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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 smaller share of foreign nationals than 96% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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 86% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 2.6% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 38.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Semezanges sits below 93% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
The figure for married residents is 45% in Semezanges and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Semezanges. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 100 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Semezanges and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semezanges | 46 | 21% | 24% | 2.6% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 6.1 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 6.8 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 7.8 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 8.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Talant 11,896 · 10.7 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 10.8 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
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 Semezanges
What is the population of Semezanges?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (98).
How old are Semezanges’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Semezanges?
14, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Semezanges?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Semezanges?
€31,890 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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