Béhen: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 5.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, Béhen sits higher than 63% of compared French towns: 12%. The town had 500 residents in 210 households at the 2023 census. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Béhen
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+5% since 2012, a pace 51% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Younger than 51% of compared French towns: half of Béhen is under 43.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Béhen 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 83% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
A town of second homes: 2.5% 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
34% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 2.8% moved in within the last two years. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.8%.
Median living standard: €26,030 a year
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 €26,030 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 68% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1% in Béhen, less than in 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Béhen, 0.8%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 97% 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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (22%), Béhen is above 66% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 500 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Béhen are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béhen | 43.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 1% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 4.7 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 9.9 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 10.6 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 14.3 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Eu 6,499 · 15.4 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Rue 2,987 · 15.6 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
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 Béhen
What is the population of Béhen?
500 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (476).
How old are Béhen’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béhen?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béhen?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béhen?
€26,030 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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