Flats make up 2.3% in Bouzy, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 4.8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Bouzy had 825 residents in 370 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households make up about one in four here (28%). Half of the town’s residents are over 49.2, older than in 80% of compared French towns.
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 Bouzy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouzy had 937 residents at the 2012 census and 825 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 54 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.
A −12% change since 2012: slower than 98% 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.
In Bouzy, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 72% 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
■ Bouzy 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, Bouzy is ahead of 62% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
11% of households are single parents, a share 64% 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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Bouzy, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 89% 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
Turnover: 6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 33% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 9% of households rent social housing (HLM). Still, 3.6% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
The middle resident’s standard of living: €32,500 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 €32,500 a year: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 70% of compared French towns, at 6.8%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (16%), Bouzy is above 64% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: just over a third of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.6% of residents are immigrants in Bouzy
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.
The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 1.2% in Bouzy.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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: 50% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 60% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 825 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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).
Bouzy sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouzy | 49.2 | 24% | 3.6% | 1.6% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 6.1 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 9.1 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 10.4 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 10.7 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 11.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 12.1 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
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 Bouzy
What is the population of Bouzy?
825 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (937).
How old are Bouzy’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouzy?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouzy?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouzy?
€32,500 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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