45% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 119 residents in Bouquemont, living in 53 households. Flats account for 9.5%. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
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 Bouquemont
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouquemont, 11% of its 64 homes: higher than in 89% 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
Bouquemont had 128 residents at the 2012 census and 119 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Bouquemont, 11% of homes are second homes, 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 4.8% in Bouquemont. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Bouquemont, the census puts households in social housing at 7.5%. More households without a car than in 54% of compared French towns: 11%.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 93% 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 Meuse town −8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −13%; 2017 to 2023, +7%.
Bouquemont is younger than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouquemont 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Bouquemont: 27% of households are couples with children, above 61% 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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Bouquemont (36%).
At the median, €23,940 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.
Half of Bouquemont’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, below 79% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.5%, below 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
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 married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 32%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Bouquemont. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 30% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 119 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Bouquemont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouquemont | 40.5 | 19% | 11% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 7.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 11.9 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 13 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 13.1 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 17.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Étain 3,375 · 17.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
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 Bouquemont
What is the population of Bouquemont?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (128).
How old are Bouquemont’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouquemont?
7, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouquemont?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouquemont?
€23,940 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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