Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Bourgvallées. At 3.8%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. This Manche town had 3,326 residents in 1,460 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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.
Since 2012, Bourgvallées has changed by +3%, 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%.
In Bourgvallées, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 84% 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
■ Bourgvallées 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 21%, Bourgvallées is behind 60% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age here is 43.1, lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 32% here, more than in 85% of compared French towns. Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Bourgvallées.
A higher share of second homes than 65% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
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
Of all households, 7.3% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 6.4% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
A median of €26,830 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €26,830 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 7.0%.
21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 85% 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
On the census count, a third of households are headed by a retired person. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 67.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents make up 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 64% 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
Here 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,299 to 3,354
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Saint-Maximin is the youngest (36.4); Roscoff the oldest (61.5).
Every neighbor is older than Bourgvallées
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourgvallées | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Condé-sur-Vire 4,137 · 3.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 4.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 4.7 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 6.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Torigny-les-Villes 4,444 · 7 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Amand-Villages 2,525 · 7.4 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 3.1% | 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 Bourgvallées
What is the population of Bourgvallées?
3,326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,240).
How old are Bourgvallées’ residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourgvallées?
54, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourgvallées?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourgvallées?
€26,830 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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