Half of Bellemagny is over 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 147 residents and 38 households in Bellemagny. Here, 6.9% of homes are flats. 7.1% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
Throughout this page, the Haut-Rhin 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 Bellemagny
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bellemagny had 188 residents at the 2012 census and 147 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bellemagny’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 30% 80 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 6.7% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bellemagny changed by −22% from 2012 to 2023, 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, −23%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
41% of residents are 65 or over, more 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
■ Bellemagny 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bellemagny. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
65% women, 35% men
About 54 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% 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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
25% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of households are single parents.
4.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 78% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 18%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 make up 13%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bellemagny ranks above 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 13%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Bellemagny, 9.5%. Measured more widely, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
The figure for single residents is 28% in Bellemagny and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 31% in Bellemagny, more than in 92% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 21%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 147 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Bellemagny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellemagny | 57.5 | 41% | 7.1% | 13% |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck 3,594 · 6.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 8.2 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Thann 7,762 · 8.3 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Offemont 4,051 · 9.2 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 9.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Cernay 12,057 · 9.6 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
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 Bellemagny
What is the population of Bellemagny?
147 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (188).
How old are Bellemagny’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 9.4% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellemagny?
3, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellemagny?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (9.5%). 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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