Only 2.1% of homes are flats in Brèches
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.2% in Brèches. The town counted 239 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town. Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 83% of compared French towns: 8.8%.
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 Brèches
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brèches, 18% of its 140 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brèches had 293 residents at the 2012 census and 239 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brèches ranks above 92% of compared French towns on second homes: 18%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5% (under two years). To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, 6.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A −18% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 −15%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
Half of Brèches is over 47.9, older than 74% 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
■ Brèches 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Brèches. The town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of compared French towns, at 8.6%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 65% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 71% of compared French towns: 8.7%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Brèches comes in at 34%.
Median living standard: €24,320 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 €24,320 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 62% of compared French towns
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
For Brèches, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.7%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person 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 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Brèches. The median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Brèches
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Brèches. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Brèches, less than in 83% 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 account for 20%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 239 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Brèches and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brèches | 47.9 | 20% | 18% | 3.1% |
| Montval-sur-Loir 5,641 · 9 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 5.9% | 3% |
| Le Lude 3,983 · 12.8 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Luynes 5,062 · 13.5 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 2.6% | 3.6% |
| La Membrolle-sur-Choisille 3,290 · 13.6 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 4% |
| Noyant-Villages 5,448 · 13.7 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 12% | 5% |
| Fondettes 10,954 · 14.6 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 1.6% | 4.3% |
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 Brèches
What is the population of Brèches?
239 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (293).
How old are Brèches’ residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brèches?
26, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brèches?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brèches?
€24,320 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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