Bouilh-Devant is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.5
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 50% in Bouilh-Devant. Census day 2023: 23 residents and 12 households in the town. Flats: 6.7% of the total. At 8.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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 Bouilh-Devant
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 3 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouilh-Devant, 20% of its 15 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Bouilh-Devant’s residents are under 63.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 48% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouilh-Devant: 20% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A +5% change since 2012: slower than 51% 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
48% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouilh-Devant 63.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 77 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
50% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 77% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants here. The median compared commune in Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Fewer married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Here nearly a third of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 81% 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 Bouilh-Devant, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 23 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 Bouilh-Devant (63.5).
Every neighbor is younger than Bouilh-Devant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouilh-Devant | 63.5 | 48% | 20% | 8.7% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 10.1 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 10.6 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 10.9 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 11.6 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Tarbes 44,399 · 11.7 mi | 39.9 | 23% | 2.2% | 12% |
| Soues 2,988 · 11.8 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
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 Bouilh-Devant
What is the population of Bouilh-Devant?
23 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (22).
How old are Bouilh-Devant’s residents?
The median age is 63.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 4.3% are under 18 and 48% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouilh-Devant?
3, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouilh-Devant?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (8.7%). 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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