A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 41%
The figure for households without a car is 2.2% in Bouquelon and 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 470, in 190 households. Here, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 85% of compared French towns: 24%.
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 Bouquelon
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouquelon, 12% of its 220 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 ↓
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 2.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.9% (under two years). Empty homes are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. Still, in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Bouquelon, 12%.
Since 2012, Bouquelon has grown +13%, faster than 76% 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, +23% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouquelon 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bouquelon’s residents are under 40.6, younger than in three quarters of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Average household size: 2.5 people. 2.7% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,000 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 Bouquelon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,000 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns: 24%
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
8.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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).
In Bouquelon, 0.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 99% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 0.2% of the total. To put it in context, 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.
Bouquelon sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Bouquelon has 19%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bouquelon. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 470 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Every neighbor is older than Bouquelon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouquelon | 40.6 | 17% | 12% | 0.6% |
| Pont-Audemer 10,023 · 3.2 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 7.7 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine 10,617 · 8 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 0.7% | 6.2% |
| Lillebonne 8,541 · 9 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 1.3% | 4.7% |
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur 2,527 · 10.4 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 6.4% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc 4,780 · 11 mi | 43.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
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 Bouquelon
What is the population of Bouquelon?
470 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (417).
How old are Bouquelon’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouquelon?
26, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouquelon?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouquelon?
€28,000 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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