Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.6%
3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 107 people lived in Bazeilles-sur-Othain, in 50 households. Here, 3.9% of households have no car. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns.
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 Bazeilles-sur-Othain
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Bazeilles-sur-Othain (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 31% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Meuse. 28% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bazeilles-sur-Othain had 120 residents at the 2012 census and 107 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Bazeilles-sur-Othain changed by −11% since 2012
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 Meuse town −8%.
Bazeilles-sur-Othain sits below 69% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazeilles-sur-Othain 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.5, Bazeilles-sur-Othain is older than 60% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Bazeilles-sur-Othain ranks above 85% of compared French towns on one-person households: 45%
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Bazeilles-sur-Othain has 18%. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. 9.1% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 65% of compared French towns.
Bazeilles-sur-Othain sits above 97% of compared French towns for empty homes (17%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes stands at 7.6%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: retired (45%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
31% of residents are immigrants, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals come to 28% in Bazeilles-sur-Othain, about three in ten.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 51%
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
The figure for single residents is 23% in Bazeilles-sur-Othain and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 69% of compared French towns: 23%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Bazeilles-sur-Othain. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 107 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Bazeilles-sur-Othain
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 Bazeilles-sur-Othain
What is the population of Bazeilles-sur-Othain?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (120).
How old are Bazeilles-sur-Othain’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazeilles-sur-Othain?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazeilles-sur-Othain?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 31% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (28%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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