Couples with children make up 38% in Bouvignies, more than in 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Bouvignies has 0.3%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,580, in 630 households. Across Bouvignies, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Bouvignies
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 59% of compared French towns: Bouvignies changed by +3% since 2012
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
The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +3%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 71% 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
■ Bouvignies 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The median age in Bouvignies is 42.2, lower than in 64% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Bouvignies
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
Here 7.1% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.5 people.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
Here 5.9% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The share of empty homes stands at 7.4%. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €30,200 a year in standard of living
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 Bouvignies is €30,200 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 71% 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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.9% of residents are immigrants in Bouvignies
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%. To put it in context, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Bouvignies sits above 87% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (44%)
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Bouvignies. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,580 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Bouvignies, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvignies | 42.2 | 19% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
| Marchiennes 4,507 · 2 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Beuvry-la-Forêt 2,861 · 2.2 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Coutiches 3,436 · 2.2 mi | 40 | 16% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Flines-lez-Raches 5,745 · 2.6 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 0.8% | 1.9% |
| Orchies 8,396 · 2.8 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Landas 2,518 · 3.6 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
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 Bouvignies
What is the population of Bouvignies?
1,580 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,541).
How old are Bouvignies’ residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouvignies?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouvignies?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouvignies?
€30,200 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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