Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
One-person households: 25%, below 93% of compared French towns. Bantanges had 577 residents in 250 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households in social housing at 2.4% in the town. With a median age of 50.4, Bantanges is older than 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Bantanges
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bantanges, 12% of its 320 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bantanges sits below 97% of compared French towns for flats (3.8%)
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
With households without a car at 5.5%, Bantanges is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 12% of homes are second homes. At 8.5%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 53% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then +5% to 2023.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bantanges 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Bantanges sits below 96% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.9%)
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are couples with children in Bantanges. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
€23,080 a year: the median 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.
Half of Bantanges’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 43%, above 90% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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 Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The census found that 7.5% of residents are immigrants in Bantanges. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
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 17% in Bantanges, less than in 99% 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 49% in Bantanges. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 96% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Bantanges comes in at 31%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (577 to 2,582 people), the 13th oldest
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Bantanges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantanges | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 7.5% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 5.7 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 10.6 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 11.2 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 11.9 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 15.5 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 17.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
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 Bantanges
What is the population of Bantanges?
577 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (555).
How old are Bantanges’ residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bantanges?
38, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bantanges?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bantanges?
€23,080 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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