Flats make up 2.2% in Val-Mont, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 4.2% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Still, more households headed by a retired person than in 88% of compared French towns: 42%. At the 2023 Census, 251 people lived in Val-Mont, in 120 households. 5.9% of households have no car.
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 Val-Mont
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Val-Mont, 23% of its 190 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Val-Mont had 273 residents at the 2012 census and 251 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Val-Mont’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 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.
A town of second homes: 23% of its homes
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
Of all households, 5% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the same time, with empty homes at 12%, Val-Mont is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count.
Val-Mont changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
A median age of 51.8: Val-Mont is older than 88% 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
■ Val-Mont 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Val-Mont ranks above 63% of compared French towns on one-person households: 38%
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. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. In Val-Mont, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,430 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.
Living standards centre on €26,430 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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 manager or professional at 13%, Val-Mont is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.6% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 13 here (8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 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
Married residents: just over two fifths of the total. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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: 19% of the total. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 251 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Val-Mont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Mont | 51.8 | 30% | 23% | 8% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 9.8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Chagny 5,350 · 10.3 mi | 48 | 25% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Autun 13,172 · 16.5 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 16.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Le Breuil 3,538 · 17.4 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 1.7% | 7.5% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 17.6 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
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 Val-Mont
What is the population of Val-Mont?
251 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (273).
How old are Val-Mont’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-Mont?
42, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-Mont?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-Mont?
€26,430 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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