Households in social housing: 0.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Blamont is 49.8, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. There were 470 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,225 residents. Locally, nearly a third of households are couples with children. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; locally, 21%.
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.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 61% 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.
Blamont ranks above 90% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blamont 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.4%, Blamont is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Blamont ranks below 71% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Only 5.7% of households have no car in Blamont
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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Blamont, 3.1%. 22% of homes are flats, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.2% of homes stand empty.
€30,120 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of Blamont’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,120 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13%, a higher share than 67% 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 retired person make up about one in three here (32%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Blamont, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns
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 83% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 1.9%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 87% 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
The figure for married residents is 39% in Blamont and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Blamont sits below 74% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
Roughly three in ten: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,225 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
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, 1 are older than Blamont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blamont | 49.8 | 32% | 3.1% | 2.9% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 3.6 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 4 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 4.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 5.2 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 5.5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 6.5 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
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 Blamont
What is the population of Blamont?
1,225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,140).
How old are Blamont’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blamont?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blamont?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blamont?
€30,120 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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