Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Bignicourt-sur-Marne is over 52.8
2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 4.5%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 381 residents and 180 households in Bignicourt-sur-Marne. One-person households make up about one in four here (27%).
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 Bignicourt-sur-Marne
An older town
Half of Bignicourt-sur-Marne’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bignicourt-sur-Marne grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 58% 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 first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, +11%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Marne town −2%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bignicourt-sur-Marne 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 32% of residents are 65 or over here. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 75 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.
Single-parent households make up 8.8% in Bignicourt-sur-Marne, less than in 69% 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
The average household has 2.2 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 26% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
3.4% of homes stand empty, below 93% 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
Second homes: 0.6%, below 94% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 5.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,350 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 median standard of living in Bignicourt-sur-Marne is €25,350 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Bignicourt-sur-Marne sits above 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (53%)
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
For Bignicourt-sur-Marne, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. 2.9% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 53% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bignicourt-sur-Marne, 2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 15%, a lower share than 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
Married residents: 53% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 32% in Bignicourt-sur-Marne and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 381 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Bignicourt-sur-Marne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bignicourt-sur-Marne | 52.8 | 32% | 0.6% | 2.7% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 3.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 16.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 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 Bignicourt-sur-Marne
What is the population of Bignicourt-sur-Marne?
381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (357).
How old are Bignicourt-sur-Marne’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bignicourt-sur-Marne?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bignicourt-sur-Marne?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bignicourt-sur-Marne?
€25,350 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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