Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Blumeray is over 55.1
By its share of households headed by a retired person (20%), Blumeray is below 95% of compared French towns. The town is home to 100 residents in 48 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 8.6% of homes are second homes here. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Marne 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 Blumeray
An older town
Half of Blumeray’s residents are under 55.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Blumeray had 106 residents at the 2012 census and 100 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Blumeray’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 90% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Marne town −9%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blumeray 55.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, above 70% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
59% women, 41% men
About 70 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Blumeray has 30%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each. The town has fewer single-parent households than half of compared French towns, at 10%.
Fewer households without a car than 79% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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
One household in 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Here, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 20%, a higher share than 83% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
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 Blumeray, 1%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
52% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Blumeray, less than in 73% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 100 to 2,582 people: this is the 6th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Blumeray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blumeray | 55.1 | 25% | 8.6% | 1% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 10.2 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 11.5 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 14 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 15.5 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
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 Blumeray
What is the population of Blumeray?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (106).
How old are Blumeray’s residents?
The median age is 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blumeray?
5, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blumeray?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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