Half of Boutteville is over 59.3, older than 98% of compared French towns
With households headed by a retired person at 67%, Boutteville is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. On couples with children, Boutteville sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 17%. The town is home to 57 residents in 29 households, by the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 6.7% of the total.
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 Boutteville
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boutteville, 26% of its 39 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Boutteville’s residents are under 59.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 26% in Boutteville, more than in 94% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Since 2012, Boutteville has changed by −2%, slower than 77% 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
In two steps, +26% to 2017 and −22% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Manche.
Boutteville sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.1%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boutteville 59.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 36% in Boutteville and 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 33%, a lower share than 59% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
Above 67% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker
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. For comparison, 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).
10% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Boutteville, 10%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 71% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 54% 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
Across Boutteville, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Boutteville, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 87% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Boutteville has 34%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (57 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Boutteville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boutteville | 59.3 | 36% | 26% | 10% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 2.9 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 6.1 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 6.8 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 9.7 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 12.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 15.4 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
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 Boutteville
What is the population of Boutteville?
57 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (58).
How old are Boutteville’s residents?
The median age is 59.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boutteville?
10, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boutteville?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (10%). 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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