Younger than 90% of compared French towns: half of Bouverans is under 37.4
2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 461 residents in Bouverans, living in 190 households. The census found that 4.3% of households have no car locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Bouverans
Growing fast
Bouverans had 357 residents at the 2012 census and 461 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Bouverans’ residents are under 37.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouverans grew +29% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 96% 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
The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +27%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouverans 37.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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%.
In Bouverans, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% 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
The share of one-person households is 27%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Single-parent households are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns.
Bouverans sits below 76% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.9%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 66% of compared French towns: 3.4%. At the same time, by its share of flats (25%), Bouverans is below 58% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €32,130 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 median standard of living in Bouverans is €32,130 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 32%
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: 27%, below 77% of compared French towns. Against that, 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).
Immigrants: 2.4%, a lower share than 88% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bouverans ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Married residents: 46%, above 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Bouverans (31%). The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 461 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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).
Every neighbor is older than Bouverans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouverans | 37.4 | 13% | 3.4% | 2.4% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 7.8 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 8.2 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 16.2 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 17.7 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
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 Bouverans
What is the population of Bouverans?
461 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (357).
How old are Bouverans’ residents?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouverans?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouverans?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouverans?
€32,130 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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