A median age of 58.2: Bourbévelle is older than 97% of compared French towns
The figure for couples with children is 14% in Bourbévelle and 25% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 75 residents locally, living in 38 households. Here, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Bourbévelle
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourbévelle, 23% of its 57 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Bourbévelle’s residents are under 58.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bourbévelle had 83 residents at the 2012 census and 75 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes in Bourbévelle are second 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
Turnover: 5.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 38% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Just over one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. With households without a car at 8.1%, Bourbévelle is behind 66% of compared French towns on that count.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 97% 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 −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Bourbévelle sits above 88% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (31%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourbévelle 58.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
One-person households make up 29% in Bourbévelle, less than in 83% 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
The typical household size is 2 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 74% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bourbévelle, 8.1% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 75% of compared French towns
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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten residents are immigrants. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Bourbévelle: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 95% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Bourbévelle comes in at 20%. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 16% in Bourbévelle, less than in 96% 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
Adults with no qualification: 30% here and 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 75 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bourbévelle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbévelle | 58.2 | 31% | 23% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 15.6 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 17 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 Bourbévelle
What is the population of Bourbévelle?
75 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (83).
How old are Bourbévelle’s residents?
The median age is 58.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 6.8% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourbévelle?
13, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourbévelle?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (8.1%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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