A town of second homes: 19% of its homes
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Beleymas is home to 288 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census. In Beleymas, 5.4% of households have no car. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are single parents here.
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 Beleymas
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beleymas, 19% of its 150 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beleymas sits above 63% of compared French towns for empty homes (7.9%)
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
One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Newcomers of less than two years account for 14% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 17%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Beleymas outgrew 64% of compared French towns: +8%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Dordogne town −1%.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 79% 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
■ Beleymas 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Beleymas is 45.4, higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
Households here average 2.3 people each. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Here just over a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Standard of living at the median: €23,060 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,060 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 91% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5% of residents are immigrants here. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 smaller share of married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 31%
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
With single residents at 38%, Beleymas is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Beleymas sits above 89% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (29%)
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%; Beleymas has 29%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 288 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.
No nearby town is as young as Beleymas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beleymas | 45.4 | 24% | 19% | 5% |
| Mussidan 2,771 · 7.2 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 7.4 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 9.5 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 9.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| La Force 2,702 · 10.3 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 10.7 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
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 Beleymas
What is the population of Beleymas?
288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (266).
How old are Beleymas’ residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beleymas?
28, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beleymas?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beleymas?
€23,060 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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