Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Botsorhel is over 52.7
2.8% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For Botsorhel, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 7.2%. This Finistère town has fewer households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns, at 2.9%. The 2023 Census counted 425 residents in 210 households.
Throughout this page, the Finistère 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 Botsorhel
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Botsorhel, 16% of its 300 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Botsorhel had 459 residents at the 2012 census and 425 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Botsorhel’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 42 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% 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
6.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.9% here, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Botsorhel, 14%.
Botsorhel changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 94% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Finistère town +4%.
Botsorhel ranks above 73% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Botsorhel 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 42% in Botsorhel, more than in 76% 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 Finistère median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for single-parent households is 12% in Botsorhel and 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 22% of the total. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€23,010 a year: the median standard of living
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 Botsorhel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,010 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 9.5%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.1% of residents are immigrants in Botsorhel
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.
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 46% in Botsorhel, more than in 75% of compared French towns
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
27% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 95% 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 account for 19%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 425 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Botsorhel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botsorhel | 52.7 | 26% | 16% | 2.1% |
| Plougonven 3,382 · 4.9 mi | 49 | 28% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 5.6 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Plourin-lès-Morlaix 4,548 · 8.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Plestin-les-Grèves 3,639 · 9.9 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 29% | 2.4% |
| Morlaix 15,194 · 10 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 5% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Martin-des-Champs 4,773 · 10.7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
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 Botsorhel
What is the population of Botsorhel?
425 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (459).
How old are Botsorhel’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Botsorhel?
46, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Botsorhel?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Botsorhel?
€23,010 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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