A median age of 56.7: Bars is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 40% of households are headed by a retired person. Bars had 246 residents in 130 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 12%, below 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Bars
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bars, 24% of its 190 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Bars’ residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% 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.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Bars has 8.4%. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 24%. 7% of households have no car, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 66% 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 Dordogne town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 3.7% in Bars, less than in 99% 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
■ Bars 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Bars has 30%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns: 16%
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.9 people. One-person households are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents.
A typical living standard of €21,540 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.
The median standard of living in Bars is €21,540 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 Bars comes in at 16%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 13%, a higher share than 80% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bars comes in at 11%. The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Bars
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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Bars has 36%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 246 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Bars and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bars | 56.7 | 30% | 24% | 13% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 5.6 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 10.9 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 12.1 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 13.8 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 15 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 15.8 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
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 Bars
What is the population of Bars?
246 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (226).
How old are Bars’ residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bars?
46, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bars?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bars?
€21,540 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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