Breconchaux ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 14%
Half of Breconchaux’s residents are over 50.3, older than in 84% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 85 residents and 40 households in the town. Locally, 2.6% of households have no car. The share of second homes tops 80% of compared French towns: 6%.
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 Breconchaux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Breconchaux had 93 residents at the 2012 census and 85 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Breconchaux behind 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%. The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Breconchaux 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% in Breconchaux, about two in ten. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
In Breconchaux, 29% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
16% of homes are flats, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Breconchaux, 6% of homes stand empty.
Breconchaux ranks above 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Breconchaux has 29%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Breconchaux. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 28%, a higher share than 70% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married, a higher share than in 55% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 85 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Breconchaux, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breconchaux | 50.3 | 22% | 6% | 1.2% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 4 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Thise 2,994 · 10.1 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 11.1 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 13.7 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 13.9 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 14.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
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 Breconchaux
What is the population of Breconchaux?
85 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (93).
How old are Breconchaux’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Breconchaux?
3, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Breconchaux?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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