48median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

4.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns

4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1% of the total. Households without a car are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Bignan was home to 2,757 people in 1,240 households.

±0%residents since 2012 26%aged 65 or older 3.1%immigrants 1,240households

Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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.

Population

±0% since 2012, a pace below 70% 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.

Census 2012

2,757

residents

Census 2017

2,791

residents

Census 2023

2,757

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Bignan±0%

Morbihan median+7%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Bignan−1%

Morbihan median+4%

France median+2%

Over those years, the median Morbihan town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −1% to 2023.

Ages

Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Bignan is over 48

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

BignanMorbihan medianFrance median

Under 1516%

15 to 248.1%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6428%

65 and over26%

of whom 80 and over4.9%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Bignan 48. The median compared French town: 44.

In Bignan, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Bignan

Morbihan median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Households

In Bignan, 7.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 85% 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.

One person 32%Couple, no children 34%Couple with children 26%Single parent 7.5%Several people, not a family 0.8%

Against the Morbihan median and the France median

Bignan

Morbihan median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

BignanMorbihan medianFrance median

One-person households32%

Residents 65+ living alone28%

0%25%50%

There are 2.2 people in the average household. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).

Homes & cars

Households in social housing make up 5.1% in Bignan, less than in 86% 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

BignanMorbihan medianFrance median

Main residences88%

Second homes2%

Empty10%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Bignan

Morbihan median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

BignanMorbihan medianFrance median

No car5%

One car39%

Two or more56%

0%35%70%

6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 10%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 80% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Without a car: one household in 20, against 11% in the median compared French town.

Income

The median resident lives on €25,360 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.

Median standard of living

€25,360

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Morbihan €26,665 · France €25,970

Poverty rate

11.0%

of residents below 60% of France’s median standard of living

Medians: Morbihan 9.0% · France 13.0%

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Half of residents live in households above €25,360 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.

Households by occupation

A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns: 23%

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

BignanMorbihan medianFrance median

Retired40%

Managers and professionals4.4%

Intermediate occupations12%

Clerical and service workers11%

Manual workers23%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners5.2%

Farmers1.6%

Others not working3.1%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

6.2%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

1,200

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

4.4% of Bignan’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 40% by a retired person (32%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Immigrants make up 3.1% in Bignan, less than in 81% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

3.1% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

2.7% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

BignanMorbihan medianFrance median

Immigrants3.1%

Foreign nationals2.7%

0%5%10%

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 Morbihan has 2.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 37: 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Fewer single residents than 84% of compared French towns: 21%

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

BignanMorbihan medianFrance median

Married46%

In a civil partnership (PACS)7.3%

Living together, unmarried13%

Single21%

Divorced4.1%

Widowed8%

0%30%60%

43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Bignan. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.

Qualifications

Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% 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

BignanMorbihan medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)19%

Brevet5.7%

CAP or BEP (vocational)32%

Baccalauréat20%

Bac+211%

Bac+3 or bac+47.8%

Bac+5 or more4.4%

0%20%40%

Bignan has fewer adults with no qualification than 51% of compared French towns, at 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.

Towns its size

Of 41 French towns its size (2,731 to 2,780 people), the 19th 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.

Bignan 48

TrieuxCollioureBalaruc-le-Vieux

364962

At the ends of the range sit Trieux (37.7), the youngest, and Collioure (60.8), the oldest.

Neighbors

Every neighbor is younger than Bignan

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

LocminéMoréacSaint-Jean-BrévelayPlumelinPlumelecÉvellysBignan

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Bignan	48	26%	2%	3.1%
Locminé 4,773 · 2.7 mi	42.5	22%	2.4%	8.1%
Moréac 3,704 · 3.4 mi	41.8	17%	2.3%	2.3%
Saint-Jean-Brévelay 2,869 · 3.6 mi	45.5	22%	2.8%	3.3%
Plumelin 2,885 · 4.4 mi	43.3	21%	2.3%	1.7%
Plumelec 2,754 · 7.6 mi	45.7	21%	7.7%	1.3%
Évellys 3,379 · 8 mi	44.6	21%	5.8%	3%

More about Bignan

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How to read these numbers

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 Bignan

What is the population of Bignan?

2,757 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,757).

How old are Bignan’s residents?

The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Bignan?

29, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Bignan?

INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 75 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Bignan?

€25,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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