Beure ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 20%
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Beure has 41%. The 2023 Census counted 1,305 residents in 630 households. Across Beure, 47% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in just over two thirds 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 Beure
Empty homes
The census found 160 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Beure behind 85% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs.
Beure sits above 59% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (24%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beure 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Beure is 43.3, lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Beure, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
7.2% of households are single parents, below 88% 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
Couples with children make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Beure sits below 72% of compared French towns for households without a car (7.1%)
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.6%. In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,930 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Beure: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 82% 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: 12%, above 63% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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).
Beure ranks below 71% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 2.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 5.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 80% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Beure has 27%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 67% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in six here (18%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Beure, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beure | 43.3 | 24% | 1.6% | 5.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 2.6 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 4.6 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Saône 3,195 · 5.4 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 5.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Thise 2,994 · 6.1 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 6.8 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Beure
What is the population of Beure?
1,305 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,359).
How old are Beure’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beure?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beure?
INSEE counts 66 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beure?
€24,930 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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