24% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Bagnols-en-Forêt, 1.4%. The town counted 3,194 residents and 1,380 households at the 2023 Census. 4% of households have no car. At 28%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Bagnols-en-Forêt
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 490 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bagnols-en-Forêt, 24% of its 2,040 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Bagnols-en-Forêt had 2,565 residents at the 2012 census and 3,194 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bagnols-en-Forêt sits below 86% of compared French towns for flats (10%)
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 8.6% in Bagnols-en-Forêt. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%.
Bagnols-en-Forêt grew +25% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 94% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Var town +10%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, +15%.
Bagnols-en-Forêt sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bagnols-en-Forêt 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Bagnols-en-Forêt. The median age in the town is 48.3, higher than in 76% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 29%, more than in 72% of compared French towns. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €28,120 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 €28,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 11.0% of residents.
Bagnols-en-Forêt sits below 70% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (11%)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Bagnols-en-Forêt has 11%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that 35% of households are headed by a retired person locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bagnols-en-Forêt: 7.1% of residents 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.
That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Var has 6.5%. In Bagnols-en-Forêt, 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Bagnols-en-Forêt, less than in 92% 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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Graduates of higher education: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,175 to 3,214 people: this is the 17th 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.
Salomé is the youngest (38.2); Meschers-sur-Gironde the oldest (66.1).
Bagnols-en-Forêt and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagnols-en-Forêt | 48.3 | 26% | 24% | 7.1% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 5.1 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Puget-sur-Argens 8,602 · 5.5 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 6.3% | 7.7% |
| Montauroux 7,183 · 6.1 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 18% | 8.5% |
| Callian 3,823 · 6.1 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 6.3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
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 Bagnols-en-Forêt
What is the population of Bagnols-en-Forêt?
3,194 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (2,565).
How old are Bagnols-en-Forêt’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bagnols-en-Forêt?
490, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bagnols-en-Forêt?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bagnols-en-Forêt?
€28,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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