1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Badevel comes in at 23%. This Doubs town is home to 808 residents in 370 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 31% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.3%, fewer than in 71% 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 Badevel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Badevel had 855 residents at the 2012 census and 808 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 90% 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
The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −1%.
Half of Badevel is over 47, older than 69% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Badevel 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Badevel has 9.9%. 23% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 22% in Badevel, less than in 66% of compared French towns
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 60% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 69% of compared French towns: 8.5%
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
26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.1% moved in within the last two years. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 1.3% of homes are second homes. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,470 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 €28,470 a year: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Badevel: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 60% 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
In Badevel, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten 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).
2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, below 72% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. Locally, 5.7% of residents are immigrants. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 52%, a higher share than 96% 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: 23%, below 68% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Badevel sits below 93% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (17%)
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 Badevel, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 808 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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Badevel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badevel | 47 | 23% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 1.2 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Delle 5,623 · 2.9 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.9% | 16% |
| Grandvillars 2,947 · 3 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 3.6 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 4.6 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 4.8 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
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 Badevel
What is the population of Badevel?
808 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (855).
How old are Badevel’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Badevel?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Badevel?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Badevel?
€28,470 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.