Fournet-Blancheroche sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.8%)
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, below 97% of compared French towns. 353 residents in 160 households: that is Fournet-Blancheroche at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional: 27% of the total. Few places have as many couples with children: 31% here, more than in 81% 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 Fournet-Blancheroche
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fournet-Blancheroche, 11% of its 200 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 67% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats make up 24%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Fournet-Blancheroche’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 62% 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 +3% and the next six −1%.
Half of Fournet-Blancheroche is under 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fournet-Blancheroche 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are one person living alone, more than in 52% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €39,300 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.
Half of Fournet-Blancheroche’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €39,300 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 18% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Fournet-Blancheroche has 33%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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 74% of compared French towns. Across Fournet-Blancheroche, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals. As a reference point, 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 80% 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
Across Fournet-Blancheroche, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 10% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Fournet-Blancheroche. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 353 to 2,582
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).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Fournet-Blancheroche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fournet-Blancheroche | 41.2 | 13% | 11% | 3.9% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 3.1 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 4.3 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 5.8 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 9.9 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 11.3 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 12.9 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
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 Fournet-Blancheroche
What is the population of Fournet-Blancheroche?
353 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (347).
How old are Fournet-Blancheroche’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fournet-Blancheroche?
21, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fournet-Blancheroche?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fournet-Blancheroche?
€39,300 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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