Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.3% in Chenecey-Buillon, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 0.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.3%. Census day 2023: 491 residents and 250 households in Chenecey-Buillon. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 6.6%.
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 Chenecey-Buillon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chenecey-Buillon had 550 residents at the 2012 census and 491 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Chenecey-Buillon: −11%
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 −6% and the next six −5%.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Chenecey-Buillon is over 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chenecey-Buillon 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Chenecey-Buillon is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are couples with children, below 84% 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
The share of single-parent households is 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here, just over two in five households are one person living alone.
Only 6% of households have no car in Chenecey-Buillon
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
One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. At 20%, the share of flats is lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%.
A median of €28,340 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,340 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Chenecey-Buillon sits above 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (24%)
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
6.6% of Chenecey-Buillon’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%). As a yardstick, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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.
The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 22% in Chenecey-Buillon, less than in 76% 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
The figure for married residents is 40% in Chenecey-Buillon and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Chenecey-Buillon ranks below 74% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Chenecey-Buillon has 37%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Chenecey-Buillon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenecey-Buillon | 50.5 | 26% | 8.3% | 3.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 7.5 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 8 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 8.6 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Saône 3,195 · 9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 9.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 10.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Chenecey-Buillon
What is the population of Chenecey-Buillon?
491 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (550).
How old are Chenecey-Buillon’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chenecey-Buillon?
25, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chenecey-Buillon?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chenecey-Buillon?
€28,340 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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