Bellegarde-en-Diois sits above 96% of compared French towns for second homes (40%)
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 30: 3.3% of homes stand empty. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Bellegarde-en-Diois, 8.3%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Bellegarde-en-Diois
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bellegarde-en-Diois, 40% of its 92 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Bellegarde-en-Diois had 74 residents at the 2012 census and 96 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Bellegarde-en-Diois’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 95% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bellegarde-en-Diois grew +30% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 96% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Drôme town +8%. The change was +15% from 2012 to 2017 and +13% from 2017 to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bellegarde-en-Diois 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bellegarde-en-Diois’s residents are under 41.3, younger than in 70% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
A fifth of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 10% are single parents with their children (10%). Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.8 people in the average household.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 64% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
In Bellegarde-en-Diois, 5.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 61% 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.
For Bellegarde-en-Diois, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.2%. Set beside that, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Bellegarde-en-Diois, 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 83% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Bellegarde-en-Diois comes in at 15%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 96 to 2,582 people, the 6th youngest
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.
Bellegarde-en-Diois and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellegarde-en-Diois | 41.3 | 27% | 40% | 5.2% |
| Die 4,844 · 15.2 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
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 Bellegarde-en-Diois
What is the population of Bellegarde-en-Diois?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (74).
How old are Bellegarde-en-Diois’ residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellegarde-en-Diois?
37, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellegarde-en-Diois?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4.2%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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