A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
The share of households headed by a retired person is 18%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in 13: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Bretigney-Notre-Dame (7.6%). Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 5.1% of homes are flats. The 2023 Census counted 118 residents in 53 households.
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 +6% change since 2012: faster than 56% 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.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 78% 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
■ Bretigney-Notre-Dame 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.2, Bretigney-Notre-Dame is older than 64% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are couples with children, a share 61% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Bretigney-Notre-Dame, 36% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 5.2% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Bretigney-Notre-Dame has 5.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,730 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.
At €24,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Bretigney-Notre-Dame sits below 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.1%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
Only 2.5% of residents are immigrants in Bretigney-Notre-Dame
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison 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.
Single residents make up 23% in Bretigney-Notre-Dame, less than in 74% 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 and 6.2% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 5.2% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 15% in Bretigney-Notre-Dame and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 118 to 2,582
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.
Around Bretigney-Notre-Dame, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretigney-Notre-Dame | 46.2 | 18% | 5.2% | 2.5% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 3.5 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Saône 3,195 · 10.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Thise 2,994 · 11 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 11.4 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 14.5 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 15.1 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 Bretigney-Notre-Dame
What is the population of Bretigney-Notre-Dame?
118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (111).
How old are Bretigney-Notre-Dame’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bretigney-Notre-Dame?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bretigney-Notre-Dame?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% 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 Bretigney-Notre-Dame?
€24,730 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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