A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 23% of households are one person living alone here. Census day 2023: 370 residents and 150 households in Bannans. Roughly three in ten: 31% of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9% here, fewer than in just over four fifths 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 Bannans
A young town
Half of Bannans’ residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bannans grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 80% 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 median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +14% and the next six ±0%.
Younger than 90% of compared French towns: half of Bannans is under 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bannans 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, below 95% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Bannans sits above 89% of compared French towns for couples with children (34%)
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
6.5% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Average household size: 2.4 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bannans ranks below 77% of compared French towns on flats: 15%
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
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 8.1% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more.
Standard of living at the median: €31,640 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 €31,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 30% in Bannans, less than in 62% 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
Across Bannans, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Bannans
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Bannans has 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
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 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Married residents make up 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
9% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Bannans, 27%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 370 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
Every neighbor is older than Bannans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannans | 37.5 | 13% | 0% | 4.3% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 5.7 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 5.9 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 15.7 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
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 Bannans
What is the population of Bannans?
370 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (324).
How old are Bannans’ residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bannans?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bannans?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bannans?
€31,640 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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