A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 37%
2.4% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). There were 42 households in Dosnon at the 2023 Census, home to 100 residents. For Dosnon, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 12%. Fewer empty homes than in 83% of compared French towns: 4.3%.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Dosnon
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dosnon had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 100 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dosnon changed by −15% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Dosnon ranks below 70% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dosnon 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Dosnon is older than 57% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Dosnon, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 12% of households are one person living alone in Dosnon
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
More second homes than 73% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €31,500 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 €31,500 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 37% in Dosnon, more than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Dosnon comes in at 37%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Dosnon comes in at 1%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower 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.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Dosnon has 28%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (100 to 2,582 people), the 20th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Dosnon and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dosnon | 45 | 19% | 4.3% | 1% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 6.7 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
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 Dosnon
What is the population of Dosnon?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Dosnon’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dosnon?
2, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dosnon?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dosnon?
€31,500 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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