A median age of 61.2: Bretigney is older than 99% of compared French towns
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 0.9% in Bretigney. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 74, in 35 households. Here, 63% of households are headed by a retired person. At 25%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 94% 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 Bretigney
An older town
Half of Bretigney’s residents are under 61.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 0% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bretigney had 79 residents at the 2012 census and 74 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 92% of compared French towns grew faster than Bretigney: −6%
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 Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six +1%.
Bretigney ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bretigney 61.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Bretigney has 8.5%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
35 households; 25% are one person
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 typical household size is 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
0.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 41% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 2.9% (under two years).
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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. In the typical compared French town, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
By its share of married residents (44%), Bretigney is above 61% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Bretigney ranks above 69% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 23%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Bretigney. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Bretigney is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretigney | 61.2 | 38% | 0% | 1.4% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 3.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 4.5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 6.2 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 7.6 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 8.2 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 8.3 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
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
What is the population of Bretigney?
74 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (79).
How old are Bretigney’s residents?
The median age is 61.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bretigney?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bretigney?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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