In Rancé, 50% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 1% of households have no car here. Put another way, about one in 43: 2.3% of homes are flats. At 21%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Rancé’s population at 775, in 270 households.
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 Rancé
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 5.4% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +16% change since 2012: faster than 84% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then +7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%.
Only 15% of residents are 65 or over in Rancé
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rancé 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Rancé’s residents are under 39.4, younger than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 12% in Rancé, less than in 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.8 people share a household. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 5.4%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Rancé ranks below 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 2.5%
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
Some 5.9% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 59 here (1.7%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €31,550 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 €31,550 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Rancé sits above 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (20%)
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 53% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, below 67% of compared French towns
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 make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.3% of residents are immigrants in Rancé.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Rancé, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Rancé comes in at 49%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Rancé, 9.7% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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 make up 42%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 775 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Rancé is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Rancé
What is the population of Rancé?
775 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (667).
How old are Rancé’s residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rancé?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rancé?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rancé?
€31,550 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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