Borce ranks below 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 9.1%
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Borce, 18%. This Pyrénées-Atlantiques town had 112 residents in 53 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 3.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques 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 Borce
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Borce, 64% of its 160 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Borce had 150 residents at the 2012 census and 112 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 64%
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 typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Borce has 7.4%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Borce, the census puts flats at 2.4%.
Borce’s population moved −25% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Pyrénées-Atlantiques town, the change came in two steps: −11% from 2012 to 2017, then −16% to 2023.
Borce is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Borce 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 85% of compared French towns: 45%
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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 27%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (36%), Borce is above 71% of compared French towns. Set beside 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).
In Borce, 12% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 88% 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.
The share of immigrants is 13%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques has 7.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 88% of compared French towns, at 35%
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: 31%, above 83% of compared French towns. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 90% 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 share of graduates of higher education is 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 112 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.
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 Borce
What is the population of Borce?
112 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (150).
How old are Borce’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Borce?
110, with occasional dwellings: 64% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Borce?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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