Flats make up 5% in Hénanbihen, less than in 96% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.8% in Hénanbihen. Put another way, about one in 22: 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 39% here, more than in 81% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,479 residents in 670 households.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Hénanbihen
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hénanbihen, 14% of its 850 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Hénanbihen sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Hénanbihen has grown +6%, faster than 56% 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 Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six +13%.
A median age of 47.3: Hénanbihen is older than 71% 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
■ Hénanbihen 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.6%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Hénanbihen sits below 68% of compared French towns for single-parent households (8.9%)
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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 35% of households are one person living alone, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,220 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 Hénanbihen’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,220 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
5.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 84% 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
Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.9% of residents are immigrants in Hénanbihen
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: 3%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. That is lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. 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.
A larger share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns: 50%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Hénanbihen has 22%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 25% in Hénanbihen, less than in 68% 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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 20% in Hénanbihen. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,479 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Hénanbihen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hénanbihen | 47.3 | 26% | 14% | 3.9% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 5.4 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Erquy 3,974 · 5.9 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 57% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 3,371 · 7 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 66% | 2.8% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 7.5 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Pléneuf-Val-André 3,988 · 7.7 mi | 64.4 | 48% | 55% | 2.4% |
| Lamballe-Armor 17,241 · 8.5 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 6.7% | 5.4% |
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 Hénanbihen
What is the population of Hénanbihen?
1,479 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,394).
How old are Hénanbihen’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hénanbihen?
120, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hénanbihen?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hénanbihen?
€25,220 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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