Households without a car: 3.5%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 84 households in Blussans at the 2023 Census, home to 187 residents. Single-parent households account for 5.9%. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 41% in Blussans and 32% in the typical compared French town.
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, Blussans has changed by −4%, slower than 83% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Doubs town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 69% of compared French towns, at 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blussans 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). With a median age of 44.3, Blussans is older than 52% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 24%, a lower share than 59% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 7.5% of homes are flats
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
Of all households, 7.1% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Blussans sits higher than 65% of compared French towns: 3.3%. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Blussans comes in at 5.6%.
€28,540 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,540 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
In Blussans, 0.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
24% of residents 15 and over are single, below 65% 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
On married residents, Blussans sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 44%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Blussans: 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 63% 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
On graduates of higher education, Blussans sits higher than 50% of compared French towns: 30%. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (187 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
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).
Blussans and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blussans | 44.3 | 25% | 3.3% | 0.5% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 1.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 7 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 8.1 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 8.2 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 9.9 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 10.4 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
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 Blussans
What is the population of Blussans?
187 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (194).
How old are Blussans’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blussans?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blussans?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blussans?
€28,540 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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