14% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 248 residents in Bourdonnay, living in 100 households. Roughly three in ten: 30% of households are headed by a manual worker. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Bourdonnay comes in at 4.9%.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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 Bourdonnay
A young town
Half of Bourdonnay’s residents are under 38 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bourdonnay changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 84% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −11%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Bourdonnay is younger than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 38
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourdonnay 38. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Bourdonnay.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
5% of households are single parents, below 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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
30% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people. One-person households are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
15% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.4% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €21,500 a year
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,500 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Only 20% of households are headed by a retired person in Bourdonnay
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bourdonnay. Measured more widely, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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.
In Bourdonnay, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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 20% in Bourdonnay, less than in 92% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Bourdonnay has 41%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (248 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Bourdonnay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourdonnay | 38 | 14% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Dieuze 2,770 · 6.2 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Lunéville 18,262 · 13.9 mi | 43.8 | 24% | 1.2% | 6.2% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 14.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 14.9 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
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 Bourdonnay
What is the population of Bourdonnay?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (258).
How old are Bourdonnay’s residents?
The median age is 38, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourdonnay?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourdonnay?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourdonnay?
€21,500 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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