Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Accolans is over 55.5
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 87 residents in 47 households: that is Accolans at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 4.4%. Couples with children: 13%, below 97% 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 Accolans
Fewer residents than in 2012
Accolans had 101 residents at the 2012 census and 87 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Accolans’ residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Accolans changed by −14% since 2012
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Doubs town −1%.
Accolans sits above 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (36%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Accolans 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 25%
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
38% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.8 people on average.
Fewer flats than 92% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
5.6% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Here, just over one in ten homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns: 13%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
Immigrants: 3.6%, a lower share than 77% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 28 here (3.6%). In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Accolans has 45%. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 23% in Accolans, more than in 69% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (87 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Accolans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accolans | 55.5 | 36% | 5.6% | 3.6% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 4.4 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 9.5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 11.2 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 11.9 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 12.4 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 12.8 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
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 Accolans
What is the population of Accolans?
87 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (101).
How old are Accolans’ residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Accolans?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Accolans?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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