A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.2% in Blessac and 11% in the typical compared French town. 525 residents in 240 households: that is Blessac at the 2023 Census. Across Blessac, 46% of households are headed by a retired person. This Creuse town has fewer households without a car than 94% of compared French towns, at 4%.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Blessac
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Blessac, 11% of its 300 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Blessac’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Blessac sits above 89% of compared French towns for 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
Long tenure is the mark of 33% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.1% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.9%.
±0% since 2012: slower than 71% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
Half of Blessac is over 52.9, older than 91% 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
■ Blessac 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Blessac, 31% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.1%
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Blessac, 21%. Households average 2.1 people. Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,450 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 residents live in households above €25,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Only 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Blessac
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Blessac comes in at 12%. Elsewhere, 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).
Blessac sits below 90% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.1%)
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 Blessac, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Blessac sits above 81% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Blessac has 22%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 78% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 525 to 2,582
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).
Blessac sits below 1 of its 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessac | 52.9 | 31% | 11% | 2.1% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 2.4 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 17 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Blessac
What is the population of Blessac?
525 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (526).
How old are Blessac’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blessac?
34, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blessac?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blessac?
€25,450 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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