La Bourgonce ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 2.9%
27% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Households without a car make up about one in 23 here (4.3%). Second homes are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. La Bourgonce had 842 residents in 370 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 La Bourgonce
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Bourgonce had 894 residents at the 2012 census and 842 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 90% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%.
In La Bourgonce, 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 86% 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
■ La Bourgonce 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in La Bourgonce is 45.6, higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 4%, a lower share than 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of couples with children (32%), La Bourgonce is above 84% of compared French towns. Households average 2.3 people. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 94% of compared French towns: 6%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.2% (under two years). Few places have so few empty homes: 6.2% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €24,750 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,750 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 83% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (20%), La Bourgonce is above 83% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in La Bourgonce. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 57% 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
Adults with no qualification account for 19%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than La Bourgonce
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bourgonce | 45.6 | 21% | 7.6% | 0.8% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 6 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 6.2 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 6.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 8.5 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 8.9 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Anould 3,234 · 10 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
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 La Bourgonce
What is the population of La Bourgonce?
842 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (894).
How old are La Bourgonce’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bourgonce?
33, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bourgonce?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bourgonce?
€24,750 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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