In Bassuet, 55% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Empty homes: 3.8%, below 90% of compared French towns. 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have as many second homes: 9% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns. Bassuet had 235 residents in 120 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Bassuet
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bassuet had 261 residents at the 2012 census and 235 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bassuet’s population moved −10% on 2012, less than in 97% 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 Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −9%.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more 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
■ Bassuet 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bassuet’s residents are over 48, older than in three quarters of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 62% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
6.6% of households have no car, below 76% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 42% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,990 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,990 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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 wider picture: 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).
Only 0.4% of residents are immigrants in Bassuet
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Bassuet. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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: 49%, above 89% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (22%), Bassuet is above 67% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 235 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Bassuet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassuet | 48 | 29% | 9% | 0.4% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 6.3 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 16.8 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 17.3 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 17.6 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
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 Bassuet
What is the population of Bassuet?
235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (261).
How old are Bassuet’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 75% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bassuet?
12, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bassuet?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bassuet?
€28,990 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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