A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Beslon comes in at 0.4%. About one in 25: that is how common single-parent households are in Beslon (4%). Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 4.1% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census Beslon was home to 562 people in 250 households.
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 Beslon
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beslon, 10% of its 310 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
10% of homes in Beslon 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
Empty homes make up 8.6%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%.
Beslon changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 59% 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
The median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six ±0%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns, at 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beslon 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Beslon is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 73% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. 35% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €24,050 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.
The median standard of living in Beslon is €24,050 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Beslon sits above 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (42%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in five.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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.
In Beslon, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. For comparison, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 86% 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
Across Beslon, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Beslon ranks below 84% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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 23% in Beslon and 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 562 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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 Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Beslon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beslon | 44.3 | 22% | 10% | 3.9% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 3.4 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 4.3 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 6.2 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 12.6 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 13.4 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Torigny-les-Villes 4,444 · 13.9 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 1.1% |
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 Beslon
What is the population of Beslon?
562 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (547).
How old are Beslon’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beslon?
32, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beslon?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beslon?
€24,050 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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