Bouvines ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3%
The share of flats is 6.2%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. There were 330 households in Bouvines at the 2023 Census, home to 766 residents. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Bouvines (26%). At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 88% 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 Bouvines
Many graduates
57% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 25% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 66% of compared French towns: Bouvines changed by +9% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Nord town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouvines 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bouvines’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 28% of households are couples with children
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
Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
In Bouvines, 4.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 89% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). Second homes are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. By its share of households in social housing (6.9%), Bouvines is below 77% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €33,390 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 midpoint of living standards here is €33,390 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 6% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Bouvines has 30%. Measured more widely, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 1.2% in Bouvines, less than in 91% 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.
By its share of immigrants (3.1%), Bouvines is below 81% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 97% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 52% in Bouvines. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
More graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 57%
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 share of adults with no qualification is 10%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 766 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Bouvines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvines | 44.5 | 19% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois 2,840 · 1.1 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Cysoing 4,839 · 1.5 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 3.3% |
| Chéreng 3,078 · 2.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Fretin 3,214 · 2.7 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 1% | 1.6% |
| Baisieux 5,545 · 3.3 mi | 39.4 | 16% | 0.5% | 4.4% |
| Camphin-en-Pévèle 2,518 · 3.4 mi | 41 | 15% | 0.1% | 3.2% |
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 Bouvines
What is the population of Bouvines?
766 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (703).
How old are Bouvines’ residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouvines?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouvines?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouvines?
€33,390 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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