Above 99% of compared French towns: 75% of homes are second homes
4.5% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, on households headed by a manual worker, Les Barils sits higher than 92% of compared French towns: 23%. The 2023 Census counted 270 residents in 110 households. Here, 1.9% of homes stand empty.
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 Les Barils
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 350 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Barils, 75% of its 470 homes: higher than in 99% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Les Barils had 207 residents at the 2012 census and 270 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Barils ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households without a car: 4.6%
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
The figure for households in social housing is 7.3% in Les Barils and 12% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Les Barils outgrew 97% of compared French towns: +30%
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
A median age of 40.2: Les Barils is younger than 78% 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
■ Les Barils 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Les Barils is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. Here, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Les Barils sits below 87% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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
Households average 2.5 people. At 32%, the share of couples with children is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A median of €25,300 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 €25,300 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 84% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 32%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 87% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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 share of immigrants trails 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Les Barils sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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
With married residents at 48%, Les Barils is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 about one in five here (20%). The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (270 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Les Barils
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Barils | 40.2 | 20% | 75% | 3.3% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 4.7 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 8.1 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 9 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 11.7 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 13.2 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton 6,078 · 14.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 7% | 1.8% |
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 Les Barils
What is the population of Les Barils?
270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (207).
How old are Les Barils’ residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Barils?
350, with occasional dwellings: 75% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Barils?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Barils?
€25,300 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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