Couples with children: 40%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 1.1% in Bosroger. At the 2023 Census Bosroger was home to 118 people in 47 households. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in six here (17%). The town has fewer households without a car than 78% of compared French towns, at 6.4%.
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 Bosroger
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bosroger, 19% of its 91 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 homes empty (30%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
30% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of homes are second homes here. 17% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Bosroger changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 73% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, +7%.
Half of Bosroger is under 42.5, younger than 62% 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
■ Bosroger 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bosroger.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.5 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Bosroger sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (30%)
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Bosroger. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bosroger ranks below 78% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.4%
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 make up about one in 29 here (3.4%). In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (38%), Bosroger is below 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Bosroger sits below 94% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (118 to 2,582 people), the 10th youngest
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).
Bosroger and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosroger | 42.5 | 17% | 19% | 3.4% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 4.9 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Bosroger
What is the population of Bosroger?
118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (119).
How old are Bosroger’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bosroger?
17, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bosroger?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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