A lower share of households in social housing than 93% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
With a median age of 40, Émagny is younger than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The town is home to 629 residents in 280 households, by the 2023 Census. Single-parent households make up about one in seven here (14%). Households without a car make up 5.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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.
+5% since 2012, a pace below 50% 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 change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of compared French towns: 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Émagny 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Émagny ranks below 69% of compared French towns on one-person households: 32%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Couples with children are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of flats than 56% of compared French towns: 26%
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 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 1.9% of the total. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.4% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,150 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,150 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Émagny ranks below 65% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 30%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. For Émagny, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 12%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Émagny comes in at 0.5%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 40% in Émagny, less than in 70% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Émagny has 23%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Here, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (629 to 2,582 people), the 3rd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Émagny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Émagny | 40 | 21% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 4.3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 5.3 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 6.2 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 8.3 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 9.1 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Thise 2,994 · 9.9 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 Émagny
What is the population of Émagny?
629 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (600).
How old are Émagny’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Émagny?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Émagny?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Émagny?
€25,150 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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