32% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing make up 2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%. Blanot counted 203 residents and 98 households at the 2023 Census. In Blanot, half of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Blanot
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Blanot, 32% of its 150 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Blanot had 156 residents at the 2012 census and 203 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
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 last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. 6.1% of households have no car, a lower share than in 79% of compared French towns. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Blanot has 1.4%.
Growth of +30% since 2012 puts Blanot ahead of 96% 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 −3% for the median Saône-et-Loire town, the change came in two steps: +13% from 2012 to 2017, then +15% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 79% of compared French towns: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blanot 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Blanot is 47.5, higher than in 72% of compared French towns. 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 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 5%, a lower share than 99% 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
30% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Couples with children: 25% of the total. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,820 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,820 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 86% of compared French towns: 5%
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
Here 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Blanot, 4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 64% 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 median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 20 here (4.9%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Blanot ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Two in five residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Blanot sits below 99% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (7.8%)
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 nearly two in five 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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Blanot
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanot | 47.5 | 28% | 32% | 4.9% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 5.3 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 9.4 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 12.2 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 12.3 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 12.4 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 12.5 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
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 Blanot
What is the population of Blanot?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (156).
How old are Blanot’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blanot?
46, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blanot?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blanot?
€24,820 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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