Bouchavesnes-Bergen sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
Households headed by a manual worker make up 28%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, at 7.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 71% of compared French towns. Bouchavesnes-Bergen counted 283 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 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 Bouchavesnes-Bergen
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouchavesnes-Bergen had 341 residents at the 2012 census and 283 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bouchavesnes-Bergen’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouchavesnes-Bergen changed by −17% from 2012 to 2023, 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −15%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.
Half of Bouchavesnes-Bergen is over 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouchavesnes-Bergen 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, above 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are couples with children in Bouchavesnes-Bergen. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
100% of homes are houses
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
At 1.5%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. 3.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 39% have stayed 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €23,450 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.
Half of Bouchavesnes-Bergen’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,450 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, a higher share than 85% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 8% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.4% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 55% in Bouchavesnes-Bergen. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 34%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 283 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
Bouchavesnes-Bergen is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouchavesnes-Bergen | 50.8 | 27% | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 3.7 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 8.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Albert 9,521 · 12.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 15.2 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 15.5 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Proville 3,206 · 17.6 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
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 Bouchavesnes-Bergen
What is the population of Bouchavesnes-Bergen?
283 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (341).
How old are Bouchavesnes-Bergen’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouchavesnes-Bergen?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouchavesnes-Bergen?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouchavesnes-Bergen?
€23,450 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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