More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 34%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Beauvoir comes in at 4.3%. On the census count, 5.4% of households are single parents. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 419 residents in 200 households: that is Beauvoir at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Beauvoir
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beauvoir, 34% of its 350 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 65% 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 Beauvoir’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%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 2.7%, a lower share than 95% 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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Beauvoir has 12%. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.9% of homes stand empty.
Beauvoir changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 71% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Manche. Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 52.3: Beauvoir is older than 89% 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
■ Beauvoir 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8%, below 92% of compared French towns. Here, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Beauvoir, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 71% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Beauvoir, 38% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,100 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Beauvoir: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 88% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 78% of compared French towns: 38%. Measured more widely, 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).
Immigrants: 3.5%, a lower share than 77% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Beauvoir. The usual figure: 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.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Beauvoir. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 22% in Beauvoir and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (419 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Beauvoir
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvoir | 52.3 | 29% | 34% | 3.5% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 3.1 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
| Saint-James 5,018 · 8.9 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 9.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 10.4 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Val-Couesnon 4,072 · 10.5 mi | 51 | 30% | 8.5% | 2.9% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 10.9 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
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 Beauvoir
What is the population of Beauvoir?
419 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (420).
How old are Beauvoir’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beauvoir?
120, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beauvoir?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beauvoir?
€26,100 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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