Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 8.8% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 545 people lived in Bâlines, in 220 households. Households without a car: 3.3% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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.
Since 2012, Bâlines has grown +8%, faster than 64% 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 change was +13% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Eure town −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bâlines 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents are 65 or over in Bâlines. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in the town is 45.1, higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Bâlines, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 75% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.5 people each. At 9.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 63% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
8.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 70% 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
The share of empty homes is 8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
€25,490 a year: the median 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.
Half of Bâlines’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,490 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns, at 4.6%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person in Bâlines. The census found that 7% of households are headed by a manual worker in the town. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Bâlines has 3.7%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bâlines sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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 19%, Bâlines is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Bâlines sits below 87% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 63% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 545 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Bâlines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bâlines | 45.1 | 20% | 8.8% | 3.7% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 2.5 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 6.6 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton 6,078 · 8.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 7% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets 4,116 · 10.3 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.8% | 5% |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 4,058 · 12.3 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 5.9% |
| Senonches 3,045 · 13 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
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 Bâlines
What is the population of Bâlines?
545 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (504).
How old are Bâlines’ residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bâlines?
23, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bâlines?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bâlines?
€25,490 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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