Bouzon-Gellenave is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.1
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bouzon-Gellenave counted 159 residents and 79 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 24% of households are single parents here. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Bouzon-Gellenave has 1.9%.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Bouzon-Gellenave
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouzon-Gellenave, 14% of its 100 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
Bouzon-Gellenave had 194 residents at the 2012 census and 159 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bouzon-Gellenave’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 14% of its homes
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
6.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Bouzon-Gellenave: −18%
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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −18% from 2017 to 2023.
In Bouzon-Gellenave, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer 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
■ Bouzon-Gellenave 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over here. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children
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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
A typical living standard of €25,090 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.
The median standard of living in Bouzon-Gellenave is €25,090 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns, at 41%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Bouzon-Gellenave has 6.7%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bouzon-Gellenave sits above 96% of compared French towns for married residents (52%)
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Bouzon-Gellenave has 20%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Bouzon-Gellenave sits above 68% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (23%)
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bouzon-Gellenave. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 159 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Bouzon-Gellenave is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouzon-Gellenave | 56.1 | 32% | 14% | 11% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 12.3 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 14.5 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 14.7 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
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 Bouzon-Gellenave
What is the population of Bouzon-Gellenave?
159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (194).
How old are Bouzon-Gellenave’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouzon-Gellenave?
14, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouzon-Gellenave?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouzon-Gellenave?
€25,090 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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