In Crans, 39% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Crans counted 326 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. In Crans, 6% of households have no car. 5.3% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Crans
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 4.1% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Crans had 263 residents at the 2012 census and 326 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Crans’ residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Crans’s population changed by +24% since 2012, more than in 93% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then +23% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Ain.
Crans is younger than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Crans 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Crans.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Crans has 4.1%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. The average household has 2.5 people.
A town of second homes: 2.2% of its homes
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
6.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town.
€30,160 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 86% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are headed by a retired person here. About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Crans (9.2%). Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 11% of residents 15 and over are single
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: 60%; in a PACS: 8.6%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 6.7% widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 55% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Locally, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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).
Crans and its 6 nearest towns: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crans | 38.7 | 21% | 2.2% | 1% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 2.6 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 3.1 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Meximieux 8,247 · 3.6 mi | 39 | 18% | 2.2% | 7.5% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 7.7 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Béligneux 3,535 · 8 mi | 36.7 | 16% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| Villars-les-Dombes 5,163 · 8.1 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 7% |
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 Crans
What is the population of Crans?
326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (263).
How old are Crans’ residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crans?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crans?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crans?
€30,160 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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