Bougnon ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 1.7%
Households without a car make up 4.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 495 residents and 220 households in Bougnon. In Bougnon, 4.3% of households are single parents. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 9.4% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 82% 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 +7%; 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
A median age of 46.2: Bougnon is older than 65% 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
■ Bougnon 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 27%
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-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
5.4% of homes stand empty, below 68% 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 nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 1.3% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 71% of compared French towns.
A median of €26,390 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €26,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 retired person make up 40%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 67% 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).
Fewer foreign nationals than 92% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
Here 3.1% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Bougnon has 49%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 65% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bougnon, 21%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 495 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
A younger town than 3 of the 5 around it: Bougnon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bougnon | 46.2 | 24% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 3.1 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 5.2 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 6.3 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 15 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 15.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
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 Bougnon
What is the population of Bougnon?
495 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (511).
How old are Bougnon’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bougnon?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bougnon?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bougnon?
€26,390 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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