A higher share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 14%
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Bémécourt. This Eure town counted 544 residents and 220 households at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing account for 6.8%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Bémécourt
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bémécourt, 14% of its 280 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
7.7% of households have no car, below 68% 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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. In the last two years, 5.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. At 6.5%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Bémécourt’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 72% 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 first five years brought +18%; the six to 2023, −6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure town −1%.
Bémécourt is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bémécourt 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 77 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 27%, a higher share than 61% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. 9.1% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 65% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Bémécourt comes in at 34%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,470 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,470 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 36% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Bémécourt, 6.8%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bémécourt, 1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
The median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 67 here (1.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bémécourt ranks below 92% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 37% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bémécourt ranks below 93% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 17%
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
With adults with no qualification at 31%, Bémécourt is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Bémécourt: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bémécourt | 49.6 | 29% | 14% | 1.8% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 7.1 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Conches-en-Ouche 4,838 · 8.6 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 3% |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton 6,078 · 8.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 7% | 1.8% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 12.5 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 13.3 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
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 Bémécourt
What is the population of Bémécourt?
544 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (490).
How old are Bémécourt’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bémécourt?
40, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bémécourt?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bémécourt?
€24,470 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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