A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
With a median age of 50.3, Bougon is older than 84% of compared French towns. Here, 2.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). The share of empty homes is 9.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Bougon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bougon had 177 residents at the 2012 census and 169 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 86% of compared French towns: Bougon changed by −5% since 2012
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −5%.
In Bougon, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Bougon 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Bougon has 33%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Households average 2 people.
In Bougon, 6.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 74% 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
Here 3.2% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,160 a year to live on
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 €25,160 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 11%, a lower share than 70% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Elsewhere, 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).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
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.
Here 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bougon sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (13%)
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
The figure for married residents is 53% in Bougon and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bougon: 33% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 96% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 169 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Bougon: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bougon | 50.3 | 23% | 3.2% | 2.3% |
| Rouillé 2,533 · 5.9 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 7.8 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| Lusignan 2,544 · 9.9 mi | 51.7 | 32% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Melle 5,752 · 10.8 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Aigondigné 4,710 · 11.2 mi | 43.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Celles-sur-Belle 3,829 · 11.3 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
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 Bougon
What is the population of Bougon?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (177).
How old are Bougon’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bougon?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bougon?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bougon?
€25,160 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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