Single-parent households: 3.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of households have no car here. Champagney had 269 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 26%. At 5%, the share of empty homes is lower than in nearly three quarters 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.
+8% since 2012, a pace 62% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%. The first five years brought +14%; the six to 2023, −6%.
Half of Champagney is over 48.5, older than 77% 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
■ Champagney 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 22% of households are couples with children in Champagney
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. 36% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 26% of homes are flats
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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €28,490 a year to live on
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 €28,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 65% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Champagney has 7.4%. On the census count, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 86% of compared French towns: 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 6.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 80% 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
Single residents: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Champagney ranks above 58% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 32%
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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (269 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Champagney
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagney | 48.5 | 26% | 0% | 6.3% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 4 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 4.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 5.2 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 6.5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Thise 2,994 · 8.2 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
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 Champagney
What is the population of Champagney?
269 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (250).
How old are Champagney’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champagney?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champagney?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champagney?
€28,490 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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