A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Bellignies comes in at 29%. There were 340 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 810 residents. Across Bellignies, 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households without a car are rarer here than in 81% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Bellignies
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bellignies had 874 residents at the 2012 census and 810 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Bellignies behind 94% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 66% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bellignies 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 44.2, Bellignies is older than just over half of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Bellignies ranks above 86% of compared French towns on couples with children: 32%
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Bellignies, just over one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Empty homes make up 8.9% in Bellignies, more than in 72% 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
In the last two years, 7.1% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Fewer households in social housing than in 65% of compared French towns: 9.1%. One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,250 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.
The median standard of living in Bellignies is €26,250 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 32% in Bellignies. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 14%, a higher share than 83% 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.
Here just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
In Bellignies, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 78% 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
Single residents: 22%, below 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns
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
The census found that 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bellignies. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 810 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Bellignies
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellignies | 44.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Bavay 3,249 · 2.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Quiévrechain 5,949 · 6.6 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Feignies 6,703 · 6.7 mi | 40.3 | 19% | 0.7% | 9.5% |
| Crespin 4,532 · 7.7 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1% | 7.9% |
| Le Quesnoy 4,878 · 7.9 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Quarouble 3,145 · 7.9 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.7% |
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 Bellignies
What is the population of Bellignies?
810 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (874).
How old are Bellignies’ residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellignies?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellignies?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bellignies?
€26,250 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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