A median age of 60.6: Bouhy is older than 98% of compared French towns
4.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Bouhy has fewer couples with children than 89% of compared French towns, at 16%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 410, in 220 households. Locally, 2.4% of homes are flats.
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 Bouhy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouhy, 33% of its 420 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Bouhy’s residents are under 60.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouhy had 448 residents at the 2012 census and 410 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 58 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.
Bouhy ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 33%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 29%. More empty homes than in 94% of compared French towns: 14%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5% of households have no car here.
−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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
41% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouhy 60.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.1% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
In Bouhy, 6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 40%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,110 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.
Living standards centre on €24,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 60%, a higher share than 99% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 2.2% in Bouhy and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.7% in Bouhy, less than in 85% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
Bouhy ranks below 73% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Bouhy has 45%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bouhy
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 410 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Bouhy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouhy | 60.6 | 41% | 33% | 2.7% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 13.2 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 15.5 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 17.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
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 Bouhy
What is the population of Bouhy?
410 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (448).
How old are Bouhy’s residents?
The median age is 60.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouhy?
140, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouhy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouhy?
€24,110 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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