Frambouhans sits above 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 32%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.5% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. There were 360 households in Frambouhans at the 2023 Census, home to 867 residents. Flats account for 17%.
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 Frambouhans
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Frambouhans’ residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Frambouhans behind 57% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%. The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, −4%.
A median age of 38.2: Frambouhans is younger than 87% 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
■ Frambouhans 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Frambouhans. In Frambouhans, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Households average 2.4 people. Frambouhans has fewer single-parent households than 55% of compared French towns, at 9.7%. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
8.1% of homes stand empty, more than in 65% 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
Second homes make up 1.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €39,190 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.
At €39,190 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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
In Frambouhans, 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison 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).
5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 64% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 3% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Frambouhans ranks below 94% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Frambouhans
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
Across Frambouhans, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 867 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, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Frambouhans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frambouhans | 38.2 | 14% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 2.4 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 2.9 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 4.2 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 11.3 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 11.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 12 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
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 Frambouhans
What is the population of Frambouhans?
867 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (842).
How old are Frambouhans’ residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frambouhans?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frambouhans?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Frambouhans?
€39,190 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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