A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 61%
In Berthelange, 1.5% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. This Doubs town is home to 354 residents in 130 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 4.4%. On households headed by a manual worker, Berthelange sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 4%.
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 Berthelange
A town of families
61% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Berthelange had 291 residents at the 2012 census and 354 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Berthelange’s residents are under 38.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Berthelange outgrew 92% of compared French towns: +22%
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 those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +13%, then +7% to 2023.
Younger than 87% of compared French towns: half of Berthelange is under 38.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berthelange 38.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Berthelange ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 16%
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
Households here average 2.8 people each. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 4.4%, a lower share than 83% 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
Turnover: 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. With second homes at 0.9%, Berthelange is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count.
Median standard of living: €28,350 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 €28,350 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a third 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 92% of compared French towns, at 1.1%
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: 3.1%, below 81% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in Berthelange, less than in 99% 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 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
35% of Berthelange’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 12% have no diploma (19%).
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 354 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Berthelange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berthelange | 38.4 | 15% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 1.8 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 11 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 11 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 11.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 11.4 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 15 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
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 Berthelange
What is the population of Berthelange?
354 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (291).
How old are Berthelange’s residents?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berthelange?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berthelange?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berthelange?
€28,350 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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