Below 99% of compared French towns: 18% of households are one person living alone
Empty homes: 11% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In Blesme, just over two in five households are headed by a manual worker. 8.9% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Blesme was home to 193 people in 85 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 Blesme
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Blesme had 205 residents at the 2012 census and 193 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Blesme has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, −10%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Marne town −2%.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of compared French towns: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blesme 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Blesme has 21%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43.7, Blesme is younger than 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. More single-parent households than in three quarters of compared French towns: 12%.
Households without a car make up 6.2% in Blesme, less than in 79% 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
Of all households, 9.9% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. At 2.3%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,320 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 €26,320 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Blesme, 24% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 88% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, 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.
Immigrants: 2.7%, below 85% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Blesme
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Blesme. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 (16%), Blesme is below two thirds of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (193 to 2,582 people), the 15th youngest
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.
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Blesme
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blesme | 43.7 | 21% | 2.3% | 2.7% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 8.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 10.5 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 13 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 17.5 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
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 Blesme
What is the population of Blesme?
193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (205).
How old are Blesme’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blesme?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blesme?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blesme?
€26,320 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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