Above 93% of compared French towns: 18% of homes are second homes
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Nuits, 28%. The 2023 Census counted 362 residents in 190 households. The census found that 17% of households are couples with children here. More empty homes than in three quarters of compared French towns: 9.3%.
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 Nuits
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nuits, 18% of its 260 homes: higher than in 93% 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
Nuits had 413 residents at the 2012 census and 362 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Nuits’ residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 72% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 make up 15%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. Census figures put households in social housing at 8.6% in Nuits.
−12% since 2012: slower than 98% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
A median age of 50.8: Nuits is older than 85% 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
■ Nuits 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. In Nuits, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 82% of compared French towns: 44%
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
11% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
Standard of living at the median: €23,360 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.
Living standards centre on €23,360 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Nuits: 47% of households are headed by a retired person, above 95% of compared French towns
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%; Nuits has 5.6%. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Nuits ranks below 59% of compared French towns on immigrants: 5.5%
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.
Put another way, about one in 21: 4.7% of residents are foreign nationals. On average, 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.
Nuits sits below 67% of compared French towns for married residents (40%)
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
The census found that just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Nuits. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 14%, a lower share than 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
30% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%).
Among 41 French towns of 362 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Nuits, 2 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuits | 50.8 | 26% | 18% | 5.5% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 9.2 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 14.1 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 17.4 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 17.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
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 Nuits
What is the population of Nuits?
362 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (413).
How old are Nuits’ residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nuits?
47, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nuits?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nuits?
€23,360 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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