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A town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 160 people.
Bazoches has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 35% of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are 38% of the population.
The 2 things Bazoches does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bazoches: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
63% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bazoches.
38% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, about level with Nièvre’s towns (8.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults.
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bazoches | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.7% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 8.4% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bazoches: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 6.7% of commuters got to work without a car. Per resident in work, Bazoches counts 0.8 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). The median disposable income was €26,280 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Nièvre’s towns (€23,120).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 7 homes in Bazoches.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Bazoches. Best known first.
The list names few of Bazoches’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Hilaire: Photo: MONNIER-COUEDOR · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Bazoches.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bazoches is a commune of 160 people in the Communauté de communes Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.