Flats make up 0.3% in Berthenay, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Berthenay has 1.5%. The town counted 707 residents and 280 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% of homes stand empty. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Berthenay
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.9% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Berthenay had 739 residents at the 2012 census and 707 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 86% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Berthenay
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berthenay 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Berthenay’s residents are over 45.3, older than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Berthenay, 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Nearly one in ten households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In Berthenay, 34% of households are couples with children.
0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
On second homes, 2.7% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 5.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more.
Standard of living at the median: €28,430 a year
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 €28,430 a year: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Only 11% of households are headed by a manual worker in Berthenay
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Berthenay comes in at 11%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.4%, a lower share than 88% 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.
Here 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 707 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
Berthenay and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berthenay | 45.3 | 17% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Savonnières 3,392 · 1.9 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Luynes 5,062 · 2.5 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 2.6% | 3.6% |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile 4,015 · 3.6 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Ballan-Miré 8,477 · 4.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 4.8% |
| Fondettes 10,954 · 4.7 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 1.6% | 4.3% |
| La Riche 10,487 · 6.3 mi | 38.3 | 20% | 1.5% | 12% |
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 Berthenay
What is the population of Berthenay?
707 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (739).
How old are Berthenay’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berthenay?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berthenay?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berthenay?
€28,430 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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