Flats: 4%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Bellegarde-Marsal has 26%. This Tarn town counted 690 residents and 300 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.8%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Bellegarde-Marsal
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bellegarde-Marsal, 11% of its 360 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bellegarde-Marsal sits below 94% of compared French towns for households without a car (4.1%)
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
With second homes at 11%, Bellegarde-Marsal is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. 7.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. The town has fewer empty homes than 64% of compared French towns, at 5.7%.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 80% 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, +1% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
Bellegarde-Marsal is older than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bellegarde-Marsal 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 4.9% in Bellegarde-Marsal, less than in 99% 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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
29% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. The average household has 2.3 people.
Standard of living at the median: €25,070 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.
Half of Bellegarde-Marsal’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,070 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Bellegarde-Marsal ranks above 70% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 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
In Bellegarde-Marsal, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 9.9%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.5% in Bellegarde-Marsal. The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bellegarde-Marsal, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 74% of compared French towns: 15%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 690 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.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Bellegarde-Marsal
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellegarde-Marsal | 48.6 | 24% | 11% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 4.3 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 4.8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 5.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 6.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Albi 51,290 · 6.7 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 8.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Bellegarde-Marsal
What is the population of Bellegarde-Marsal?
690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (708).
How old are Bellegarde-Marsal’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellegarde-Marsal?
41, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellegarde-Marsal?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bellegarde-Marsal?
€25,070 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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