Bertangles sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.8%)
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Bertangles, 33%. Census day 2023: 815 residents and 330 households in the town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Bertangles
Growing fast
Bertangles had 583 residents at the 2012 census and 815 in 2023, up 40%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +40% change since 2012: Bertangles grew faster than 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
In two steps, +8% to 2017 and +30% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 71% of compared French towns, at 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bertangles 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bertangles is 42.1, lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 22% in Bertangles, less than in 98% 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
Households average 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. On single-parent households, Bertangles sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 6%.
In Bertangles, 4.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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
Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.3% moved in within the last two years. At 4.9%, the share of empty homes is lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
Standard of living at the median: €28,360 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.
Living standards centre on €28,360 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Bertangles, more than in 86% 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
In Bertangles, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bertangles, 5.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 61% 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.
Here 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Bertangles
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 couples, 55% are married and 7.9% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 6.6% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Bertangles: 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bertangles, 16%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 815 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Bertangles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bertangles
What is the population of Bertangles?
815 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 40% more than in 2012 (583).
How old are Bertangles’ residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bertangles?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bertangles?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bertangles?
€28,360 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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