Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2% in Talmay, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 29% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. At the 2023 Census Talmay was home to 528 people in 250 households. The share of flats stands at 13%. The town has more second homes than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 5.6%.
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 Talmay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Talmay had 562 residents at the 2012 census and 528 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Talmay changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 91% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −8% to 2023.
Half of Talmay is over 48.1, older than 75% 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
■ Talmay 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
4% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Talmay, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 88% 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. The share of households without a car stands at 13%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. One household in seven has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,360 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 Talmay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Talmay ranks above 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 51%
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
6% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 99% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.9% of residents are immigrants in Talmay.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Talmay, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Talmay, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Talmay. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Talmay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talmay | 48.1 | 29% | 5.6% | 2.9% |
| Gray 5,365 · 9.3 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Auxonne 7,581 · 11.4 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 11.9 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Genlis 5,093 · 12.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 3.7% |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,108 · 15 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
| Quetigny 8,971 · 15.6 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.1% | 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 Talmay
What is the population of Talmay?
528 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (562).
How old are Talmay’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Talmay?
17, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Talmay?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Talmay?
€23,360 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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