Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
17% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. At the 2023 Census, 143 people lived in Urcy, in 61 households. Here, 1.3% of homes are flats. This Côte-d'Or town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 70% of compared French towns, at 19%.
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 Urcy
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Urcy, 11% of its 74 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Urcy had 153 residents at the 2012 census and 143 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Urcy ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 11%
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. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 21%. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Urcy behind 92% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −2% for the median Côte-d'Or town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
A median age of 47.5: Urcy is older than 72% 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
■ Urcy 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Urcy is above 78% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Urcy, less 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 typical household size is 2.3 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Couples with children: 33% of the total. Urcy has fewer single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns, at 8.3%.
A typical living standard of €29,300 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,300 a year: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Urcy sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (25%)
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 8.3%, Urcy is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 Urcy, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 87% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Urcy comes in at 35%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Urcy sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urcy | 47.5 | 19% | 11% | 1.4% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 6.7 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 7 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 7.7 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Talant 11,896 · 8.8 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 9.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 9.7 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 Urcy
What is the population of Urcy?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (153).
How old are Urcy’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Urcy?
8, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Urcy?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Urcy?
€29,300 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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