Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5In Talant, 28% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 90% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of households have no car in Talant. Few places have as many flats: 66% here, more than in 88% of compared French towns. The town counted 11,896 residents and 5,490 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 37% of households are headed by a retired person here.
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 Talant
Social housing
28% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 17% rent privately and 54% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Talant outgrew 56% of compared French towns: +6%
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Talant 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Talant’s residents are over 45.7, older than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 12% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
Talant sits below 73% of compared French towns for couples with children (20%)
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Talant.
Only 5.2% of homes stand empty in Talant
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
One household in five has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more.
Half above, half below €26,700 a year in 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.
At €26,700 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 18.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 72% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Talant has 13%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 12%
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%; Talant has 8.6%. Immigrants make up 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.
In Talant, 28% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 67% 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
Here just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
More graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 41%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (16%), Talant is below 69% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 11,630 to 12,170
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 Dugny (31.9), the youngest, and Saint-Cyprien (61.1), the oldest.
Older than Talant: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talant | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 1.3 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 2 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 4.1% | 13% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 3 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7,544 · 3.9 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.2% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 4.2 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 4.3 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 Talant
What is the population of Talant?
11,896 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (11,204).
How old are Talant’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Talant?
110, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Talant?
INSEE counts 1,470 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 1,020 foreign nationals (8.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Talant?
€26,700 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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