Branne ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 31%
Single-parent households make up 19%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. 8.5% of homes are flats, or about one in 12. The median age in Branne is 45.9, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Its 80 households held 179 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Branne
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Branne, 13% of its 110 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 77% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (13%): 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 town of second homes: 13% of its homes
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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Branne comes in at 13%.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 65% 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
Above 81% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Branne 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Branne, 23% of residents are 65 or over. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 70% 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
Households average 2.2 people. Few places have so few couples with children: 25% here, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
€23,460 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,460 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 74% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 31% in Branne. Across the comparison, 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).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, below 95% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Branne comes in at 0.6%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 29% of residents 15 and over are single
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, Branne sits lower than 55% of compared French towns: 42%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 84% 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
In Branne, just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 179 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Branne is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branne | 45.9 | 23% | 13% | 1.7% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 5.9 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 7.1 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 13.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 14.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 15.2 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 16.7 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
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 Branne
What is the population of Branne?
179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (177).
How old are Branne’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Branne?
14, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Branne?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Branne?
€23,460 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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