Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.7%
Households headed by a manager or professional: 21%, above 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 823 people lived in Étouvans, in 370 households. About one in 37: that is how common single-parent households are in Étouvans (2.7%). Few places have so few households without a car: 4.1% here, fewer than in 94% 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.
Faster growth than 65% of compared French towns: Étouvans changed by +9% since 2012
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: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 76% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Étouvans 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.1, Étouvans is older than 64% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children
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 figure for one-person households is 30% in Étouvans and 35% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 6.9%, a lower share than 92% of compared French towns
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 empty homes at 5.3%, Étouvans is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 1.3%.
€29,180 a year: the median standard of living
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 median standard of living in Étouvans is €29,180 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, Étouvans is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Étouvans ranks below 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.1%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.9%, Étouvans is behind 80% of compared French towns on that count. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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, below 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married here. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Étouvans sits above 59% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (33%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 823 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Étouvans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étouvans | 46.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 2.1% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 1.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 2.4 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 4.8 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 4.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 5.2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 5.7 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 0.8% | 10% |
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 Étouvans
What is the population of Étouvans?
823 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (758).
How old are Étouvans’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étouvans?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étouvans?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étouvans?
€29,180 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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