Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Bart is over 50.1
The share of households without a car trails 70% of compared French towns: 7.5%. Bart had 1,985 residents in 860 households at the 2023 Census. In Bart, 40% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have so few one-person households: 30% here, fewer than in 75% 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.
Since 2012, Bart has changed by +2%, slower than 63% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 87% 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
■ Bart 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.7% in Bart. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Bart ranks above 75% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 12%
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Bart has fewer couples with children than 60% of compared French towns, at 23%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Bart, 8.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 68% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Bart comes in at 23%. For comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 9% here. 1% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns.
€28,150 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €28,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 15%, a higher share than 77% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
Only 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Bart
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%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 5.7% in Bart.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Bart, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Bart, 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 72% 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
Bart has fewer adults with no qualification than 53% of compared French towns, at 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Bart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart | 50.1 | 31% | 1% | 5.7% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 1.4 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 1.7 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 1.8 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 3 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 0.8% | 10% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 3.2 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 3.4 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.9% | 22% |
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 Bart
What is the population of Bart?
1,985 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,952).
How old are Bart’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bart?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bart?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bart?
€28,150 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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