Half of Battenans-les-Mines is over 64.2, older than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for second homes is 9.3% in Battenans-les-Mines and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. There were 23 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 38 residents. Single-parent households make up about one in four here (25%). Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 83% 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 Battenans-les-Mines
An older town
Half of Battenans-les-Mines’ residents are under 64.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Battenans-les-Mines had 59 residents at the 2012 census and 38 in 2023, down 36%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Battenans-les-Mines’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−36% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
In two steps, −8% to 2017 and −30% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
Battenans-les-Mines ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 43%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Battenans-les-Mines 64.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 2.9%, below 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 50% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 1.7 people on average. On couples with children, Battenans-les-Mines sits lower than just over half of compared French towns: 25%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Battenans-les-Mines ranks above 90% of compared French towns on empty homes: 12%
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 Battenans-les-Mines comes in at 9.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The census found that 14% of households have no car in the town.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 25% in Battenans-les-Mines, more than in 96% 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. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 2.9% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 make up 50% in Battenans-les-Mines, more than in 91% 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
Here 22% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 3.2% in Battenans-les-Mines, less than in 99% 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
With adults with no qualification at 39%, Battenans-les-Mines is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 38 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 64.2 in Battenans-les-Mines.
Every neighbor is younger than Battenans-les-Mines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battenans-les-Mines | 64.2 | 43% | 9.3% | 2.9% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 5.8 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Thise 2,994 · 12.8 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 14.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Saône 3,195 · 14.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 15.1 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 15.8 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Battenans-les-Mines
What is the population of Battenans-les-Mines?
38 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 36% fewer than in 2012 (59).
How old are Battenans-les-Mines’ residents?
The median age is 64.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Battenans-les-Mines?
3, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Battenans-les-Mines?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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