17% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Côtebrune, 13%. Second homes are more common here than in 88% of compared French towns. The town had 76 residents in 32 households at the 2023 census. Households without a car account for 3.3%.
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 Côtebrune
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Côtebrune ahead of 59% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +13%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Côtebrune 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Côtebrune is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. Still, the median age locally is 46.5, higher than in 66% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone in Côtebrune. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
87% of homes are houses
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. Empty homes make up about one in 14 here (7.4%).
Côtebrune ranks above 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 17%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Côtebrune. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional 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 97% of compared French towns, at 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 wider picture: 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.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 76 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Côtebrune
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Côtebrune
What is the population of Côtebrune?
76 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (71).
How old are Côtebrune’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Côtebrune?
4, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Côtebrune?
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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