Households without a car: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Courchapon. At 17%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 82% of compared French towns. Its 110 households held 247 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) here.
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 Courchapon
Growing fast
Courchapon had 180 residents at the 2012 census and 247 in 2023, up 37%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +37% since 2012 puts Courchapon ahead of 98% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: +21% from 2012 to 2017, then +13% to 2023.
Younger than 84% of compared French towns: half of Courchapon is under 39.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courchapon 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Courchapon (10%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, below 82% 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
Couples with children make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns.
Courchapon ranks below 78% of compared French towns on flats: 15%
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
Courchapon has fewer empty homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 6.4%. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 1.8% of the total.
The median resident lives on €28,610 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 Courchapon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,610 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 43%
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
4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). 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).
Foreign nationals make up 0.8% in Courchapon, less than in 97% of compared French towns
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 3.6%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. That is lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Courchapon sits below 70% of compared French towns for married residents (40%)
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
In Courchapon, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Courchapon ranks below 78% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 247 to 2,582 people
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Courchapon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courchapon | 39.1 | 17% | 1.8% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 6.2 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 10.2 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 10.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 11.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 12.6 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Gray 5,365 · 14.4 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
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 Courchapon
What is the population of Courchapon?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 37% more than in 2012 (180).
How old are Courchapon’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courchapon?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courchapon?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courchapon?
€28,610 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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