1.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Bouligney has 8.1%. Households headed by a retired person: 44% of the total. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 9.8% of homes are second homes. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 401, in 190 households.
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.
What stands out about the people of Bouligney
An older town
Half of Bouligney’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouligney had 428 residents at the 2012 census and 401 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 92% of compared French towns grew faster than Bouligney: −6%
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 first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Bouligney is over 52.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouligney 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns
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
7.6% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
A smaller share of households without a car than 82% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 35%. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Bouligney sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€23,950 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,950 a year: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Bouligney sits above 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (26%)
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
Here 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. As a yardstick, 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).
Only 2% of residents are immigrants in Bouligney
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.
Foreign nationals make up 1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Single residents make up 15% in Bouligney, less 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
With married residents at 50%, Bouligney is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Bouligney ranks below 88% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
With adults with no qualification at 28%, Bouligney is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 401 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Bouligney
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouligney | 52.3 | 29% | 9.8% | 2% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 1.6 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 7.5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 8.2 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 11.8 mi | 52.8 | 33% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 12.3 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 17.3 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
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 Bouligney
What is the population of Bouligney?
401 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (428).
How old are Bouligney’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouligney?
23, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouligney?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouligney?
€23,950 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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