A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 43%
17% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). More second homes than in 77% of compared French towns: 4.9%. The 2023 Census counted 555 residents in 220 households. Locally, 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Belgeard
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 9.7% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Belgeard’s residents are under 36.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Belgeard behind 77% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Mayenne town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, −10%.
Belgeard ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Belgeard 36.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Belgeard’s residents are under 36.8, younger than in 92% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Belgeard sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 9.7%.
In Belgeard, 1.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
In Belgeard, 1.7% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. 5.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,800 a year to live on
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 €25,800 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Belgeard, 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% 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
Here two in five households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1% of residents are immigrants
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 Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 0.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
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, fewer than in 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Belgeard. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 73% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (16%), Belgeard is below 69% of compared French towns. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 555 to 2,582 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.
At the ends of the range sit Belgeard (36.8), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Belgeard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Belgeard
What is the population of Belgeard?
555 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (565).
How old are Belgeard’s residents?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belgeard?
12, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belgeard?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belgeard?
€25,800 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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