A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Bretagnolles, 3.9%. On one-person households, Bretagnolles sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 28%. At the 2023 Census Bretagnolles was home to 203 people in 88 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.9% 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.
What stands out about the people of Bretagnolles
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bretagnolles, 13% of its 110 homes: higher than in 90% 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
33% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 13% of homes are second homes here. Turnover: 10% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car.
Growth of +5% since 2012 puts Bretagnolles ahead of 51% 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, +4% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 72% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bretagnolles 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.6, Bretagnolles is younger than just over three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Bretagnolles: 33% of households are couples with children, above 88% 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. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. 5.6% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €29,680 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,680 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
22% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Bretagnolles, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 64% 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 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Married residents: 52%, above 95% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 38%, a higher share than 75% 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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 203 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Bretagnolles are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretagnolles | 42.6 | 19% | 13% | 4.9% |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 4.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 4.8 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Ézy-sur-Eure 3,644 · 6.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| Ivry-la-Bataille 2,609 · 6.4 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 3.8% | 9.3% |
| Anet 2,721 · 7.6 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 4% | 6.5% |
| Guichainville 3,087 · 8.2 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 0.9% | 8.9% |
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 Bretagnolles
What is the population of Bretagnolles?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (193).
How old are Bretagnolles’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bretagnolles?
13, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bretagnolles?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bretagnolles?
€29,680 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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