Fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.5%
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 22%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.3% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Boviolles was home to 99 people in 45 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 6.9%.
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 Boviolles
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boviolles had 105 residents at the 2012 census and 99 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Boviolles changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 90% 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
The median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six +2%.
Older than 60% of compared French towns: half of Boviolles is over 45.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boviolles 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 21%, Boviolles is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 22%, a higher share than 99% 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
Households average 2.2 people. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Fewer couples with children than in 64% of compared French towns: 22%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Boviolles comes in at 33%.
A higher share of empty homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 16%
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Locally, 3.2% of homes are second homes.
Boviolles: 44% of households are headed by a retired person, above 92% 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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Boviolles, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Boviolles comes in at 2.9%. For comparison, 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.
Boviolles sits below 94% of compared French towns for single residents (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
By its share of married residents (37%), Boviolles is below 85% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 23% in Boviolles. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 99 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Boviolles is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boviolles | 45.5 | 21% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 5.1 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 10.9 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 14.4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Foug 2,628 · 17.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 17.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
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 Boviolles
What is the population of Boviolles?
99 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (105).
How old are Boviolles’ residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boviolles?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boviolles?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.9%). 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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