A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 40%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 3.9% of homes are flats here. In 2023, the Census found 190 residents in Feule, living in 71 households. 2.6% of homes stand empty. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 16% here, fewer than in 85% 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 Feule
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 20% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 59% 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
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Feule is under 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Feule 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Feule has 9%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Feule. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.7 people.
5.6% of households have no car, below 83% 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
In the last two years, 7% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 3.9% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,710 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.
Living standards centre on €27,710 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
In Feule, 20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 95% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Feule, two in five households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, below 96% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Feule. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Feule ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
Fewer married residents than in 52% of compared French towns: 43%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 91% 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
Adults with no qualification: 26% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (190 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Feule is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feule | 39.5 | 16% | 3.9% | 1.6% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 3.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 7.3 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 8.9 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 9.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 9.5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
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 Feule
What is the population of Feule?
190 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (185).
How old are Feule’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Feule?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Feule?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Feule?
€27,710 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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