Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.3% in Courcelles and 11% in the typical compared French town. 233 residents in 110 households: that is Courcelles at the 2023 Census. In Courcelles, 55% of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer households without a car than in 96% of compared French towns: 3.6%.
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 Courcelles
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courcelles, 28% of its 180 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 28%, 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Courcelles. Turnover: 9.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Courcelles has grown +14%, faster than 79% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Nièvre town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Courcelles is over 49.8, older than 82% 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
■ Courcelles 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Courcelles.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Courcelles ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.5%
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
One-person households make up 27%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average. Couples with children are more common here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents.
At the median, €24,560 a year to live on
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.1% in Courcelles, less than in 90% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Courcelles comes in at 1.3%. The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% of compared French towns
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
Courcelles has fewer married residents than 52% of compared French towns, at 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Courcelles ranks below 92% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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
Here just over one in ten adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 233 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Courcelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles | 49.8 | 28% | 28% | 2.1% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 6.7 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 Courcelles
What is the population of Courcelles?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (205).
How old are Courcelles’ residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcelles?
50, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcelles?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcelles?
€24,560 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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