Bonnet is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.5
The share of flats is 8.1%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Bonnet was home to 177 people in 92 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 44%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% 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 Bonnet
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bonnet had 210 residents at the 2012 census and 177 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bonnet’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (13%): 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 99% of compared French towns: Bonnet changed by −16% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
Only 5.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bonnet
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonnet 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over in Bonnet. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are couples with children, below 86% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Bonnet has 44%. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
Bonnet: 13% of homes stand empty, above 90% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 38% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.6% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. With second homes at 7.2%, Bonnet is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count.
A median of €24,630 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,630 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 70% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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.
Here 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents make up 27% in Bonnet, more than in 64% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Bonnet comes in at 41%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 14% in Bonnet, less than in 98% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 33%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Bonnet is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnet | 55.5 | 30% | 7.2% | 1.2% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 12.7 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 14.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 16.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 17.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
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 Bonnet
What is the population of Bonnet?
177 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (210).
How old are Bonnet’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnet?
8, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnet?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonnet?
€24,630 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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