Photo: Gérald Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.0Younger than 99% of compared French towns: half of Bezannes is under 31.7
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Bezannes, 42%. The town counted 5,039 residents and 2,410 households at the 2023 Census. 69% of homes are flats. Higher than in four fifths of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty.
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 Bezannes
A young town
Half of Bezannes’ residents are under 31.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 18% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Bezannes had 1,460 residents at the 2012 census and 5,039 in 2023, up 245%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Bezannes outgrew 99% of compared French towns: +245%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −2% for the median Marne town, the change came in two steps: +45% from 2012 to 2017, then +138% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 17% in Bezannes, more than in 97% 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
■ Bezannes 31.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 15%, Bezannes is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 21% in Bezannes, less than in 70% 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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents here. Households here average 2 people each. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
More households in social housing than 80% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Nearly one in ten households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 24% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 5.2%. More second homes than in 57% of compared French towns: 2.6%.
Median living standard: €29,870 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,870 a year: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 9.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Households headed by a retired person make up 18% in Bezannes, less than in 97% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Bezannes has more households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns, at 18%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 7% of Bezannes’ residents
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.
For Bezannes, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.7%. That is higher than in 53% 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.
In Bezannes, 32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Bezannes, 29%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
51% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 (11%), Bezannes is below 94% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 4,987 to 5,093 people
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 31.7 in Bezannes to 67.3 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne.
Every neighbor is older than Bezannes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezannes | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 1.7 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 2.4 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Reims 177,674 · 2.5 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 2.9 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 4.9 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 7.1 mi | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
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 Bezannes
What is the population of Bezannes?
5,039 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 245% more than in 2012 (1,460).
How old are Bezannes’ residents?
The median age is 31.7, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bezannes?
72, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bezannes?
INSEE counts 350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bezannes?
€29,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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