Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Bazolles is over 58.2
14% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 0.4%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 286 residents in 150 households.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Bazolles
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bazolles, 33% of its 250 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bazolles’ residents are under 58.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 33%, a higher share than 95% 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
Of all households, 8.3% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.8% of households have no car. By contrast, by its share of empty homes (9.2%), Bazolles is above nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 66% 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
Over those years, the median Nièvre town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazolles 58.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 36%, Bazolles is ahead of 95% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
41% of households are one person living alone, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.8 people. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 10%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,760 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,760 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 retired person make up 34%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. For Bazolles, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 10%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 64% of compared French towns: 6.1% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bazolles sits below 61% of compared French towns for married residents (41%)
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Adults with no qualification: 23% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (286 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
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 Bazolles
What is the population of Bazolles?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (283).
How old are Bazolles’ residents?
The median age is 58.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazolles?
83, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazolles?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (6.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bazolles?
€24,760 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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