Breugnon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.8%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of households have no car here. Breugnon is home to 153 residents in 73 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, just over a fifth of households are single parents. Empty homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
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 Breugnon
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Breugnon, 12% of its 94 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Breugnon had 175 residents at the 2012 census and 153 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Breugnon ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 12%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 4.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Breugnon has changed by −13%, slower than 99% 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 −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nièvre town −8%.
Half of Breugnon is over 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Breugnon 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.7%), Breugnon is below 69% of compared French towns. In Breugnon, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Breugnon sits below 68% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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: 2.1 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Breugnon has 36%.
A median of €25,890 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,890 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Breugnon sits above 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (21%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 29% in Breugnon. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 70% of compared French towns: 2.6%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Breugnon ranks above 84% of compared French towns on married residents: 48%
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
Across Breugnon, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 48% and 1.6%, and 8.5% are widowed.
Breugnon ranks below 98% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 14%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Breugnon has 24%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 153 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Breugnon and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breugnon | 49.5 | 27% | 12% | 3.9% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 3.6 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 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 Breugnon
What is the population of Breugnon?
153 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (175).
How old are Breugnon’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Breugnon?
11, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Breugnon?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Breugnon?
€25,890 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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