Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Burzy is over 61.8
Households headed by a retired person make up 50%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 59 residents and 31 households in Burzy. The census found that 1.7% of homes are flats locally. Few places have as many single-parent households: 17% here, more than in 98% 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 Burzy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Burzy, 33% of its 58 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Burzy’s residents are under 61.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Burzy had 69 residents at the 2012 census and 59 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 33% of its 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 14% of homes stand empty.
Slower than most: −14% since 2012, behind 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
Over those years, the median Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −13%, then −2% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Burzy 61.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 39% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Burzy ranks below 86% of compared French towns on couples with children: 17%
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
Average household size: 1.9 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Burzy has 33%.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 81% of compared French towns: 17%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
Immigrants: 12%, a higher share than 78% 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 higher than in 78% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 10%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
60% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Burzy has 20%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 7.5% of adults out of school have no qualification in Burzy
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
49% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 59 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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 Burzy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burzy | 61.8 | 39% | 33% | 12% |
| Saint-Vallier 8,508 · 11.3 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.7% | 5% |
| Blanzy 5,955 · 11.6 mi | 53 | 32% | 0.9% | 5% |
| Montchanin 4,976 · 11.7 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 2.4% | 7.8% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 11.8 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Montceau-les-Mines 17,064 · 11.8 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 13.9 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 Burzy
What is the population of Burzy?
59 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (69).
How old are Burzy’s residents?
The median age is 61.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.5% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Burzy?
19, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Burzy?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (10%). 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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