A town of second homes: 26% of its homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Boisyvon was home to 100 people in 44 households. Here, 4.5% of households have no car. The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 70% of compared French towns: 11%.
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 Boisyvon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boisyvon, 26% of its 73 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes stand empty, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 81% of compared French towns: Boisyvon changed by −3% since 2012
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 change was +10% from 2012 to 2017 and −12% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boisyvon 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.5, Boisyvon is older than 77% of compared French towns. Across Boisyvon, 23% of residents are 65 or over. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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
33% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
Boisyvon sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (44%)
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. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. On the census count, 6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Boisyvon: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 89% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Boisyvon. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 59% 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 share of graduates of higher education stands at 30%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 100 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Boisyvon, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boisyvon | 48.5 | 23% | 26% | 6% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 4.8 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 5 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 8 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 11.2 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 11.3 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 13.2 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
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 Boisyvon
What is the population of Boisyvon?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (103).
How old are Boisyvon’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boisyvon?
19, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boisyvon?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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