A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
Single-parent households: 4% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 4.9%. On households headed by a retired person, Bergères-lès-Vertus sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 38%. The 2023 Census counted 596 residents in 260 households.
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 Bergères-lès-Vertus
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 64% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −2% in Marne.
A median age of 48: Bergères-lès-Vertus is older than 74% 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
■ Bergères-lès-Vertus 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 25% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 61% of compared French towns: 27% of households are couples with children.
Flats: 4.3%, a lower share than 97% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes come to 12% in Bergères-lès-Vertus, about one in ten. At 3%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €30,800 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €30,800 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Bergères-lès-Vertus ranks below 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6%
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 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bergères-lès-Vertus, 0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Bergères-lès-Vertus has 0.9%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Bergères-lès-Vertus sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Bergères-lès-Vertus comes in at 23%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (596 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bergères-lès-Vertus sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergères-lès-Vertus | 48 | 25% | 3% | 0.9% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 2.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 11.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 11.9 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 15.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 16.7 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 17.3 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 Bergères-lès-Vertus
What is the population of Bergères-lès-Vertus?
596 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (588).
How old are Bergères-lès-Vertus’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bergères-lès-Vertus?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bergères-lès-Vertus?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bergères-lès-Vertus?
€30,800 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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