Abbans-Dessous ranks above 96% of compared French towns on couples with children: 37%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 250 residents in 110 households. Here, 13% of homes are flats. By its share of households headed by a manual worker (20%), Abbans-Dessous is above 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Abbans-Dessous
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+7% since 2012, a pace 58% 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
The median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +12% and the next six −5%.
Only 20% of residents are 65 or over in Abbans-Dessous
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Abbans-Dessous 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Abbans-Dessous is 44.4, higher than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households are single parents
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 32% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Abbans-Dessous: 8.7% of homes stand empty, above 70% of compared French towns
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
Of all households, 6% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households have no car, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,350 a year in standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Abbans-Dessous is €26,350 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 14% in Abbans-Dessous, more than in 74% 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
31% of households are headed by a retired person. To put it in context, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 0.9% in Abbans-Dessous, less than in 96% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are immigrants here. That is lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 68% 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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 28%, a lower share than 55% 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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 250 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Abbans-Dessous
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbans-Dessous | 44.4 | 20% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 4.5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 9.9 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 10.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 11.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 12.1 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Saône 3,195 · 12.8 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Abbans-Dessous
What is the population of Abbans-Dessous?
250 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (234).
How old are Abbans-Dessous’ residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Abbans-Dessous?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Abbans-Dessous?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Abbans-Dessous?
€26,350 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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