Bonnal: 50% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
In Bonnal, 15% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. There were 10 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 20 residents. 13% fewer people than in 2012. Flats are rarer here than in 68% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Bonnal
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bonnal, 35% of its 19 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 71% 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
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bonnal had 23 residents at the 2012 census and 20 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bonnal’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 0% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Bonnal changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 Doubs town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +26%; from 2017 to 2023, −31%.
Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Bonnal is over 54.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonnal 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Bonnal has 4.8%. Residents aged 65 and over: 38% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
38% women, 62% men
About 62 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
10 households; 0% are one person
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 50% of households are headed by a retired person
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. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Bonnal comes in at 50%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Bonnal’s residents
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Bonnal. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Bonnal ranks below 99% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 6.2%
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
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 20 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Bonnal
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnal | 54.5 | 38% | 35% | 0% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 10.8 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 11.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 12 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 12.3 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Lure 7,877 · 14 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 17.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
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 Bonnal
What is the population of Bonnal?
20 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (23).
How old are Bonnal’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnal?
7, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnal?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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