Bure: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 14%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. There were 41 households in Bure at the 2023 Census, home to 93 residents. Here, 8.8% of homes are second homes. 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 87% 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 Bure
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Bure’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 23% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bure has grown +8%, faster than 64% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −8% in Meuse. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
Younger than 90% of compared French towns: half of Bure is under 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bure 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Bure: 38% of households are one person living alone, above 60% 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 here average 2.3 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Bure: 19% of homes stand empty, above 99% 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
By its share of households without a car (7.3%), Bure is below 71% of compared French towns. What’s more, 9.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
In Bure, 38% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are headed by a retired person in Bure. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Bure. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Bure sits below 99% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Bure comes in at 39%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bure | 37.5 | 23% | 8.8% | 1.1% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 10.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 12.7 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 17.6 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
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 Bure
What is the population of Bure?
93 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (86).
How old are Bure’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bure?
5, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bure?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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