Bas-et-Lezat sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.7%)
The share of empty homes is 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 4% of the total. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 95% of compared French towns: 13%. Bas-et-Lezat is home to 352 residents in 150 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Bas-et-Lezat
Growing fast
Bas-et-Lezat had 279 residents at the 2012 census and 352 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 3.4% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 95% of compared French towns: Bas-et-Lezat changed by +26% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +19%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Younger than 68% of compared French towns: half of Bas-et-Lezat is under 41.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bas-et-Lezat 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, more than in 91% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 3.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 31% here, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
5.1% of homes in Bas-et-Lezat are second homes
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
Some 6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 21% who have been there 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,440 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.
At €27,440 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manual worker is 14%; Bas-et-Lezat has 28%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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.
The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 0.3% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 51% of compared French towns: 43%
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: a quarter of the total.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 76% 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
Here 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 352 to 2,582 people
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).
Around Bas-et-Lezat, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bas-et-Lezat | 41.7 | 13% | 5.1% | 1.2% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 4.6 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 6.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 7.5 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 7.7 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 8.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 8.5 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
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 Bas-et-Lezat
What is the population of Bas-et-Lezat?
352 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (279).
How old are Bas-et-Lezat’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bas-et-Lezat?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bas-et-Lezat?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bas-et-Lezat?
€27,440 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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