40.4median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Households without a car: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns

Residents aged 65 and over: 14% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Fallerans sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 3.2%. The town counted 293 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. Roughly one in ten: 11% of homes stand empty.

+14%residents since 2012 14%aged 65 or older 1.7%immigrants 120households

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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Fallerans

34%of households are couples with children (France median 25%)

A town of families

34% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 80% 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.

Census 2012

257

residents

Census 2017

284

residents

Census 2023

293

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Fallerans+14%

Doubs median−1%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Fallerans+3%

Doubs median±0%

France median+2%

In two steps, +11% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.

Ages

Younger than 77% of compared French towns: half of Fallerans is under 40.4

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

FalleransDoubs medianFrance median

Under 1520%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6429%

65 and over14%

of whom 80 and over2.6%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Fallerans 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.

Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Fallerans

Doubs median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Households

A larger share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%

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.

One person 28%Couple, no children 37%Couple with children 34%Single parent 0%Several people, not a family 0%

Against the Doubs median and the France median

Fallerans

Doubs median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

FalleransDoubs medianFrance median

One-person households28%

Residents 65+ living alone37%

0%25%50%

Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households: 28% of the total. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

A lower share of flats than 78% of compared French towns, at 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

FalleransDoubs medianFrance median

Main residences85%

Second homes4.1%

Empty11%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Fallerans

Doubs median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

FalleransDoubs medianFrance median

No car2.4%

One car27%

Two or more70%

0%40%80%

The figure for second homes is 4.1% in Fallerans and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.

Income

A median standard of living of €27,690 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.

Median standard of living

€27,690

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Doubs €26,330 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

The midpoint of living standards here is €27,690 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 68% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Fallerans: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 89% 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

FalleransDoubs medianFrance median

Retired37%

Managers and professionals12%

Intermediate occupations8.4%

Clerical and service workers4.1%

Manual workers22%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners4.2%

Farmers8.2%

Others not working4.1%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

4.6%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

150

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Households headed by a manager or professional: 12%, above 66% of compared French towns. Fallerans has more households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns, at 37%. As a reference point, 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).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

1.7% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

0.7% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

FalleransDoubs medianFrance median

Immigrants1.7%

Foreign nationals0.7%

0%5%10%

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 share of foreign nationals trails 98% of compared French towns: 0.7%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Fallerans ranks below 71% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%

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

FalleransDoubs medianFrance median

Married44%

In a civil partnership (PACS)12%

Living together, unmarried12%

Single23%

Divorced4.1%

Widowed4.9%

0%25%50%

The census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Fallerans. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.

Qualifications

15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 75% 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

FalleransDoubs medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)15%

Brevet3.6%

CAP or BEP (vocational)34%

Baccalauréat22%

Bac+213%

Bac+3 or bac+46.9%

Bac+5 or more5.6%

0%20%40%

The share of graduates of higher education is 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Among 41 French towns of 293 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.

Fallerans 40.4

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).

Neighbors

Of the 6 towns nearest Fallerans, 4 are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

ValdahonOrnansSaôneThiseDoubsBesançonFallerans

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Fallerans	40.4	14%	4.1%	1.7%
Valdahon 5,705 · 2.6 mi	35.2	18%	1.6%	5.6%
Ornans 4,419 · 7.1 mi	48.5	28%	5.8%	5.3%
Saône 3,195 · 10.2 mi	46.1	24%	0.7%	3.3%
Thise 2,994 · 14.4 mi	53.1	34%	0.8%	3.6%
Doubs 3,335 · 14.7 mi	42.6	22%	2.3%	9.3%
Besançon 118,489 · 15.1 mi	35.6	19%	2.5%	15%

More about Fallerans

Health, work, housing and schools

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How to read these numbers

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 Fallerans

What is the population of Fallerans?

293 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (257).

How old are Fallerans’ residents?

The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Fallerans?

6, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Fallerans?

INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Fallerans?

€27,690 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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