Abbenans is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Abbenans had 321 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put single-parent households at 3.3% locally. The share of households without a car is 6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Abbenans
Fewer residents than in 2012
Abbenans had 352 residents at the 2012 census and 321 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Abbenans’ residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Abbenans has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Abbenans 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of Abbenans’ residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Doubs town and 22% in the median compared French town; 16% are under 18. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Households average 2.2 people. At 34%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Abbenans: 16% of homes stand empty, above 97% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 16% of homes are flats in Abbenans. In Abbenans, 5.1% of homes are second homes. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,170 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.
At €23,170 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Abbenans: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 87% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Abbenans, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 18%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.2% of residents are immigrants, below 98% 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 Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 0.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 73% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Abbenans is below 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (321 to 2,582 people), the 8th oldest
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).
Abbenans is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbenans | 52.5 | 29% | 5.1% | 1.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 7.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 11.3 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Lure 7,877 · 12.9 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 13.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 15.1 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 15.4 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
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 Abbenans
What is the population of Abbenans?
321 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (352).
How old are Abbenans’ residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Abbenans?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Abbenans?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Abbenans?
€23,170 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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