60% of households are one person living alone, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Flats: 2.9% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. 3.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. Bantheville is home to 102 residents in 51 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Bantheville
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bantheville, 17% of its 70 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bantheville had 132 residents at the 2012 census and 102 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
60% of Bantheville’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 63% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 2%, a lower share than 97% 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
Empty homes make up 10%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, on second homes, Bantheville sits higher than 92% of compared French towns: 17%. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A change of −23% since 2012 leaves Bantheville behind 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −8% for the median Meuse town, the change came in two steps: −10% from 2012 to 2017, then −14% to 2023.
Younger than 54% of compared French towns: half of Bantheville is under 43.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bantheville 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Bantheville, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 20% of households are couples with children
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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2 people on average. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,910 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.
Living standards centre on €22,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
In Bantheville, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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
In Bantheville, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Bantheville (10%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bantheville sits above 73% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (7.8%)
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Bantheville comes in at 7.8%. That is higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%. Across the comparison, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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: 43% of the total. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Bantheville has 22%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (102 to 2,582 people), the 13th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Bantheville, 1 of 2 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantheville | 43.5 | 23% | 17% | 7.8% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 17.6 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 18 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
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 Bantheville
What is the population of Bantheville?
102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (132).
How old are Bantheville’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bantheville?
12, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bantheville?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bantheville?
€22,910 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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