Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Bez-et-Esparon is over 56.7
Households without a car: 3.3%, below 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 335 residents and 170 households in Bez-et-Esparon. Single-parent households: 17% of the total. On households headed by a manager or professional, Bez-et-Esparon sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 5.7%.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Bez-et-Esparon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bez-et-Esparon, 35% of its 300 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 87% 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 Bez-et-Esparon’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bez-et-Esparon had 352 residents at the 2012 census and 335 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bez-et-Esparon: 35% of homes are second homes, above 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 14%. The share of empty homes tops 65% of compared French towns: 8.1%.
−5% since 2012, a pace below 87% 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
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of compared French towns, at 34%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bez-et-Esparon 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Bez-et-Esparon, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 82% 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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 39% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,990 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,990 a year: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, a higher share than 72% of compared French towns
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. 5.7% of Bez-et-Esparon’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.7% of Bez-et-Esparon’s residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 26 here (3.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Bez-et-Esparon
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bez-et-Esparon, 40%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bez-et-Esparon
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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (335 to 2,582 people), the 5th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Bez-et-Esparon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bez-et-Esparon | 56.7 | 34% | 35% | 6.7% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 4 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 9.3 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 16.1 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 16.3 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
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 Bez-et-Esparon
What is the population of Bez-et-Esparon?
335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (352).
How old are Bez-et-Esparon’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bez-et-Esparon?
110, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bez-et-Esparon?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bez-et-Esparon?
€22,990 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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