Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.5%
The share of empty homes is 10%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Bernouil had 109 residents in 51 households at the 2023 Census. 8% fewer people than in 2012. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Bernouil
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bernouil, 15% of its 68 homes: higher than in 91% 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
Bernouil had 119 residents at the 2012 census and 109 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bernouil’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 15% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bernouil sits above 91% of compared French towns for second homes (15%)
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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.1% moved in during the last two years and 48% have stayed three decades or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 95% of compared French towns grew faster than Bernouil: −8%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne. Here the change came as −9% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
A median age of 51: Bernouil is older than 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
■ Bernouil 51. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 15% in Bernouil and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 64% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bernouil: 0% 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.
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.
In Bernouil, 34% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 91% 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
Fewer married residents than in 52% of compared French towns: 43%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 89% 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
Graduates of higher education come to 30% in Bernouil, about three in ten. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 109 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Bernouil, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernouil | 51 | 15% | 15% | 0% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 4.8 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 10.5 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 14.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 15.1 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 16.7 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 17.2 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
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 Bernouil
What is the population of Bernouil?
109 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (119).
How old are Bernouil’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernouil?
10, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernouil?
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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