A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone in Couternon. 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Higher than in 89% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In 2023, the Census found 1,883 residents here, living in 770 households.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Couternon
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 54% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Older than 59% of compared French towns: half of Couternon is over 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couternon 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Couternon, one in ten residents are 15 to 24. This Côte-d'Or town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than half of compared French towns, at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 92% of compared French towns: 35%
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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
6.5% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
Fewer empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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
Couternon sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 9.5% of homes are flats. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €32,900 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 €32,900 a year: higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
In Couternon, 8.5% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 85% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, above 77% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are foreign nationals, below 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 2.9% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 34.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 52% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Couternon sits below 97% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (9.1%)
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
47% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 1,883 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Couternon sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couternon | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 2.9% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 1.9 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Quetigny 8,971 · 2.1 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,108 · 2.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7,544 · 3 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.2% |
| Neuilly-Crimolois 3,588 · 4.3 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 0.4% | 7.7% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 5.1 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
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 Couternon
What is the population of Couternon?
1,883 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,780).
How old are Couternon’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couternon?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couternon?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couternon?
€32,900 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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