Photo: Henk Monster · CC BY 3.0Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Le Bugue is over 61
Here 5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. In 2023, the Census found 2,663 residents in Le Bugue, living in 1,360 households. For Le Bugue, the census puts one-person households at 45%. At 5.4%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 84% 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 Le Bugue
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 350 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Bugue, 17% of its 2,040 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 74% 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 Le Bugue’s residents are under 61 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 330 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 16%
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 seven has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of homes are second homes. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 19% of homes are flats.
Le Bugue changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 75% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 43%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Bugue 61. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 98% of compared French towns: 6.8%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Single-parent households are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
Median standard of living: €22,940 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.
Living standards centre on €22,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 21.0%.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns: 48%
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
In Le Bugue, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a third 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).
Foreign nationals: 6.4%, a higher share than 66% 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.
Immigrants: 7.7%, above 58% of compared French towns. 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns: 19%
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 adults with no qualification is 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,631 to 2,693 people: this is the 2nd 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 Roissy-en-France (34), the youngest, and Piriac-sur-Mer (63.6), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Le Bugue
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bugue | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 10.6 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 14.2 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 15.3 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 17.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
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 Le Bugue
What is the population of Le Bugue?
2,663 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,695).
How old are Le Bugue’s residents?
The median age is 61, older than 99% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bugue?
350, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bugue?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bugue?
€22,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.