40% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 45 residents and 20 households in Breuil. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Breuil (25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Breuil has 15%.
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 Breuil
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Breuil, 14% of its 29 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Breuil had 57 residents at the 2012 census and 45 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Breuil’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 17% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Breuil’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
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
14% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −21% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Somme town −3%. The change was −19% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 52.5: Breuil is older than 90% 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
■ Breuil 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on couples with children: 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 25%
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. 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% of residents in Breuil are immigrants
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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 66%, a higher share than 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
14% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 26% of adults out of school have no qualification here. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 45 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Breuil
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 Breuil
What is the population of Breuil?
45 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (57).
How old are Breuil’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Breuil?
4, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Breuil?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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