Brion is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.1
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 2.6% of households have no car. The 2023 Census counted 303 residents in 150 households. Couples with children make up 17%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
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 Brion
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brion, 16% of its 190 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Brion’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brion had 326 residents at the 2012 census and 303 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 1% of homes are flats in Brion
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, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Brion, 16%. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.4% of homes stand empty here.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 93% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brion 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Brion has 3.2%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 3.4% of households are single parents in Brion
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Brion has 33%. There are 2 people in the average household. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,280 a year in 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.
At €27,280 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 47% in Brion, more than in 94% 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
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Brion.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.9% of residents are immigrants, below 74% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Brion comes in at 2.6%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 63%
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
In Brion, 14% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 10%, a lower share than 94% 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 figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Brion and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 303 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Brion
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brion | 60.1 | 39% | 16% | 3.9% |
| Autun 13,172 · 4.3 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Le Creusot 20,509 · 11.7 mi | 48.4 | 30% | 1.9% | 14% |
| Torcy 2,678 · 12.8 mi | 46.1 | 28% | 1% | 17% |
| Le Breuil 3,538 · 13.1 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 1.7% | 7.5% |
| Montchanin 4,976 · 15.6 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 2.4% | 7.8% |
| Blanzy 5,955 · 16.2 mi | 53 | 32% | 0.9% | 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 Brion
What is the population of Brion?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (326).
How old are Brion’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brion?
30, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brion?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brion?
€27,280 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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