In Bois-Arnault, 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 330 households in Bois-Arnault at the 2023 Census, home to 704 residents. In Bois-Arnault, 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Here 4.1% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
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 Bois-Arnault
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bois-Arnault, 12% of its 390 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bois-Arnault’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bois-Arnault had 734 residents at the 2012 census and 704 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes in Bois-Arnault are second homes
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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Bois-Arnault, 6.2%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 3.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more.
Bois-Arnault changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 85% 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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Bois-Arnault is over 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bois-Arnault 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A smaller share of one-person households than 80% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are couples with children in Bois-Arnault. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. More single-parent households than in 62% of compared French towns: 11%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,950 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 Bois-Arnault’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,950 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Bois-Arnault comes in at 37%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.4% in Bois-Arnault, less than in 97% 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.
1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bois-Arnault ranks below 82% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
The share of married residents is 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 94% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 704 to 2,582
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.
Bois-Arnault is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bois-Arnault | 50.7 | 27% | 12% | 1.4% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 6.4 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 7.6 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 9.1 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 11.1 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 12.5 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Conches-en-Ouche 4,838 · 13.6 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 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 Bois-Arnault
What is the population of Bois-Arnault?
704 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (734).
How old are Bois-Arnault’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bois-Arnault?
46, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bois-Arnault?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bois-Arnault?
€24,950 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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