1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
In Beugnies, 8% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 599, in 270 households. The census found that 5.1% of homes are flats locally. Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 87% 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 Beugnies
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beugnies had 643 residents at the 2012 census and 599 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 93% 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%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −6%.
Beugnies is older than 56% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beugnies 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Beugnies.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
9.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 63% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of second homes than 79% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
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
The figure for empty homes is 9% in Beugnies and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 8.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more.
A median of €24,620 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.
Living standards centre on €24,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Beugnies sits above 56% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (15%)
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: nearly a tenth of the total. Against that, 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).
Beugnies sits below 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.5%)
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 make up 3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Against 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.
Single residents make up 22% in Beugnies, less than in 81% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Beugnies has 46%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Beugnies sits below 61% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (17%)
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
Put another way, about one in three: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 599 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th youngest
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).
Beugnies is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beugnies | 44.9 | 21% | 5.5% | 3.5% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 4.5 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Sains-du-Nord 2,755 · 4.8 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Ferrière-la-Grande 5,131 · 6.3 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 0.5% | 5% |
| Louvroil 6,294 · 7.3 mi | 35 | 17% | 0.6% | 20% |
| Hautmont 14,152 · 7.3 mi | 37.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Rousies 3,980 · 7.5 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
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 Beugnies
What is the population of Beugnies?
599 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (643).
How old are Beugnies’ residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beugnies?
17, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beugnies?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beugnies?
€24,620 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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