Bonnevaux is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.5
The share of empty homes trails 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%. The census found that 33% of households are single parents in Bonnevaux. 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. The town counted 78 residents and 47 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Bonnevaux
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bonnevaux, 50% of its 95 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Bonnevaux’s residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bonnevaux had 105 residents at the 2012 census and 78 in 2023, down 26%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Bonnevaux (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 6.6% for the median compared commune in Gard. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 50%, a higher share than 97% 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
Flats make up 5.4%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The share of households without a car stands at 11%.
Slower than most: −26% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Here the change came as −16% to 2017, then −11% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Gard.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5% in Bonnevaux, less than in 98% 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
■ Bonnevaux 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Bonnevaux has 35%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 82% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
Average household size: 1.7 people. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Bonnevaux ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 22%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Bonnevaux comes in at 22%. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Bonnevaux, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 11%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
19% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 96% 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 Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 86% of compared French towns. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The census found that 16% of residents are immigrants in Bonnevaux.
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 29% in Bonnevaux, less than in 98% 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
Nearly two in five residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 40%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 78 to 2,582
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 younger than Bonnevaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnevaux | 60.5 | 35% | 50% | 16% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 5.5 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 6.2 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| La Grand-Combe 4,783 · 10.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1% | 11% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 11.2 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 13.7 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 13.9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
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 Bonnevaux
What is the population of Bonnevaux?
78 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% fewer than in 2012 (105).
How old are Bonnevaux’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 7.8% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnevaux?
47, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnevaux?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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