Blismes is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.8
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 185 residents in 94 households. The share of flats stands at 3.8%. 3.2% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
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 Blismes
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Blismes, 36% of its 190 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Blismes’ residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Blismes’ households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 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.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 36% of homes are second homes
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 14% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 93% of compared French towns.
Blismes grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 68% 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 Nièvre. Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns: 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blismes 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Blismes: 47% of households are one person living alone, above 89% 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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. With couples with children at 21%, Blismes is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count.
Standard of living at the median: €23,060 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,060 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
In Blismes, 47% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 95% 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
In Blismes, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 19: 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Blismes sits above 90% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (13%)
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 figure for immigrants is 14% in Blismes and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 54% of compared French towns: 25%
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
For Blismes, the census puts married residents at 43%.
Blismes ranks below 91% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
For Blismes, the census puts graduates of higher education at 30%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 185 to 2,582
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.
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 Blismes
What is the population of Blismes?
185 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (169).
How old are Blismes’ residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blismes?
68, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blismes?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blismes?
€23,060 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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