Bourguenolles ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.6%
39% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, on one-person households, Bourguenolles sits lower than 90% of compared French towns: 26%. The town counted 349 residents and 150 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 2.6% in the town.
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 Bourguenolles
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 53% of compared French towns: Bourguenolles changed by +4% 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 +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Bourguenolles, less than in 66% 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
■ Bourguenolles 43. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bourguenolles is 43, lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 92% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households stands at 13%.
5.2% of homes in Bourguenolles 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
On empty homes, 5.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.9% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €25,100 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.
At €25,100 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 97% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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
Here 26% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 68% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Bourguenolles sits below 78% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bourguenolles. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 349 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Bourguenolles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourguenolles | 43 | 20% | 5.2% | 0.8% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 3.9 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 8.3 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 8.5 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 9.3 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 12.1 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 12.2 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
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 Bourguenolles
What is the population of Bourguenolles?
349 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (335).
How old are Bourguenolles’ residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourguenolles?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourguenolles?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourguenolles?
€25,100 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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