Households without a car make up 2.8% in Fuans, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Nearly a third of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Still, residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. Fuans is home to 473 residents in 210 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 38% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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.
Since 2012, Fuans has changed by −4%, slower than 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 −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Half of Fuans is under 39.9, younger than 80% 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
■ Fuans 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 7.2% of households are single parents
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, 2.3 people share a household. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 35%, more than in 50% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
0.8% of homes are second homes, below 87% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 37% of homes are flats. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Fuans has 7.7%.
A median of €35,890 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.
At €35,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 72% of compared French towns: 28%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Fuans has 7.2%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fuans: 5.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. Put another way, about one in 28: 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
24% of residents 15 and over are single, below 63% 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 census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Fuans. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Adults with no qualification account for 20%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Fuans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuans | 39.9 | 17% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 3.9 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 4.8 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 5.9 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 7.2 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 11.7 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 12.6 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 Fuans
What is the population of Fuans?
473 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (491).
How old are Fuans’ residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fuans?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fuans?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fuans?
€35,890 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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