Around 244,000 marriages were celebrated in France in 2022. A figure which had not been reached for a decade, if we are to believe the demographic report published by INSEE on Tuesday.

You have to go back to 2012 to find such a level of marital unions, as relayed by BFM TV.

This high figure is partly explained by the postponement of marriages which should have been celebrated in 2020 and 2021. According to our colleagues, only 154,581 ceremonies were indeed recorded in France in 2020.

A rising average age

A historically low figure due to health restrictions such as the ban on gatherings and successive confinements.

In 2021, new postponements had been made by many future bride and groom wishing to gain visibility on the evolution of the health crisis.

According to INSEE, 237,000 marriages celebrated in 2022 united people of the opposite sex and 7,000 same-sex couples.

The average age of heterosexual couples has been steadily increasing for twenty years.

In 2022, it stood at 37.2 years for women and 39.6 years for men.

As for homosexual couples, the average age in 2022 was 38.5 years for women and 44 years for men.

A record in 2023?

According to the estimates of the president of the Union of professionals in solidarity with events (UPSE), the figures should increase further next year.

“In 2023, those who were supposed to do so in 2021 but who could not postpone it to 2022 get married because everything was already booked, but also the bride and groom who, not knowing what the health situation would be in 2022, preferred to move from a year, “said Clément Tournier to our colleagues from BFM TV.

300,000 marital unions are thus expected, which would constitute a new record.



Unlike marriages, Pacs experienced a drop of 8.1% in 2022 compared to 2021, a year which had been marked by a rebound of +20% compared to the previous year, reports

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Around 192,000 civil partnerships were celebrated in 2022 compared to 209,461 the previous year, a record.

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