Couples with children: 37%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 744 people lived in Fournets-Luisans, in 290 households. Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four. The figure for households without a car is 2% in Fournets-Luisans and 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.
What stands out about the people of Fournets-Luisans
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Fournets-Luisans’ residents are under 37.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fournets-Luisans grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 84% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Doubs town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%.
13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 96% 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
■ Fournets-Luisans 37.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 37.6, Fournets-Luisans is younger than 89% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 24% of households are one person living alone
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Fournets-Luisans comes in at 8.5%. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people.
20% of homes are flats, fewer than in 67% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. At 8.6%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€35,300 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Fournets-Luisans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €35,300 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 97% 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
6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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).
In Fournets-Luisans, 2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2% in Fournets-Luisans and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Fournets-Luisans, less than in 92% 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
The share of married residents stands at 43%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 67% 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
In Fournets-Luisans, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 744 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Fournets-Luisans, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fournets-Luisans | 37.6 | 13% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 3.9 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 4.1 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 6.2 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 8.8 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 10.7 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 14.3 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
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 Fournets-Luisans
What is the population of Fournets-Luisans?
744 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (640).
How old are Fournets-Luisans’ residents?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fournets-Luisans?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fournets-Luisans?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fournets-Luisans?
€35,300 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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