Half of Bugny is under 33.1, younger than 99% of compared French towns
1.9% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Households headed by a retired person account for 9.3%. On one-person households, Bugny sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 28%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 257, in 100 households.
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 Bugny
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Bugny’s residents are under 33.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 6.2% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Bugny had 185 residents at the 2012 census and 257 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +39% since 2012 puts Bugny ahead of 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
Here the change came as +17% to 2017, then +18% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 6.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bugny 33.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (10%), Bugny is below just over three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 44%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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 2.6 people on average. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 2.3%, a lower share than 98% 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
16% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 21% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Half above, half below €31,910 a year in standard of living
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.
At €31,910 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Bugny: 34% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
On the census count, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Bugny, the census puts foreign nationals at 2.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bugny, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
In couples, 45% are married and 15% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 3.9% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
8% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 38%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 257 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.
The youngest is Bugny (33.1), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Bugny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bugny
What is the population of Bugny?
257 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (185).
How old are Bugny’s residents?
The median age is 33.1, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 6.2% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bugny?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bugny?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bugny?
€31,910 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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