Above 93% of compared French towns: 20% of homes are second homes
14% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Bézu-la-Forêt is home to 284 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 4.3% of the total. At 3.6%, the share of flats is lower than in 98% 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 Bézu-la-Forêt
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bézu-la-Forêt, 20% of its 170 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bézu-la-Forêt ranks above 72% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8.9%
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. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 4.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 15% have stayed 30 years or more.
A +7% change since 2012: Bézu-la-Forêt grew faster than 58% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +20%, and from 2017 to 2023 −11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure town −1%.
Bézu-la-Forêt is younger than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bézu-la-Forêt 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Bézu-la-Forêt.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Bézu-la-Forêt, more than in 72% 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
8.4% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Bézu-la-Forêt has fewer one-person households than 69% of compared French towns, at 32%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A median standard of living of €23,740 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,740 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Bézu-la-Forêt ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 34%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 4.4% in Bézu-la-Forêt. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 31% of households are headed by a retired person. 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).
Bézu-la-Forêt ranks below 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.1%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bézu-la-Forêt comes in at 1%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 46% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents make up 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
In Bézu-la-Forêt, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
On adults with no qualification, Bézu-la-Forêt sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 20%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 284 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bézu-la-Forêt is younger than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bézu-la-Forêt | 40.5 | 14% | 20% | 2.1% |
| Étrépagny 3,670 · 5.5 mi | 47.8 | 24% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 7.9 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Gisors 12,410 · 10.1 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Les Andelys 7,706 · 13.2 mi | 45 | 24% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 14.4 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
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 Bézu-la-Forêt
What is the population of Bézu-la-Forêt?
284 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (266).
How old are Bézu-la-Forêt’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bézu-la-Forêt?
34, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bézu-la-Forêt?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bézu-la-Forêt?
€23,740 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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