Sombernon ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 3.4%
Households headed by a retired person make up 25%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 1,027 residents in 440 households. In Sombernon, 6.7% of households are single parents. Half of the town’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in 74% 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.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 57% 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 median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six +11%.
In Sombernon, 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 81% 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
■ Sombernon 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Sombernon, 21% of residents are 65 or over. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 31%, a higher share than 82% 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 37% in Sombernon. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
18% of homes are flats, below 72% 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
16% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 14% moved in within the last two years. Fewer households without a car than in 69% of compared French towns: 7.7%. Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €26,910 a year to live on
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 Sombernon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,910 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 70% 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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Sombernon has 1.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 21% 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
In Sombernon, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Sombernon, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 64% 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
Adults with no qualification: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,027 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Sombernon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sombernon | 40.8 | 21% | 3% | 2.4% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 13.9 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Talant 11,896 · 13.9 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 14.1 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 14.3 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 15.2 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 15.5 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 Sombernon
What is the population of Sombernon?
1,027 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (964).
How old are Sombernon’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sombernon?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sombernon?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sombernon?
€26,910 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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