A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.2%
In Dasle, 28% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 1,363 residents in 660 households. The census found that 40% of households are headed by a retired person here. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.7%, fewer than in 69% 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 Dasle
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dasle had 1,425 residents at the 2012 census and 1,363 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Dasle has changed by −4%, slower than 86% 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
The median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −4%.
Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of Dasle is over 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dasle 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Dasle has 9.2%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 71% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of second homes than 81% of compared French towns: 1%
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
With flats at 25%, Dasle is behind nearly three fifths of compared French towns on that count. 7.6% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 60% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 34% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.5% (under two years).
Standard of living at the median: €29,670 a year
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,670 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Dasle: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 71% 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
7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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).
Only 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Dasle
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 nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Dasle, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 84% 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
With single residents at 22%, Dasle is behind just over three quarters of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 20% in Dasle. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,363 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Dasle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dasle | 49.6 | 28% | 1% | 3.9% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 1.1 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 2.3 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 2.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 2.7 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 3 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 3.5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
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 Dasle
What is the population of Dasle?
1,363 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,425).
How old are Dasle’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dasle?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dasle?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dasle?
€29,670 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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