0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
Here 3.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.2% of households are headed by a manual worker. Geneuille had 1,280 residents in 560 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Geneuille
Fewer residents than in 2012
Geneuille had 1,363 residents at the 2012 census and 1,280 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Geneuille changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 91% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
A median age of 47.6: Geneuille is older than 73% 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
■ Geneuille 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%. At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Geneuille ranks above 74% of compared French towns on couples with children: 30%
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. At 9%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Geneuille sits below 71% of compared French towns for flats (18%)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. 5.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€31,490 a year: the median standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Geneuille is €31,490 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 17% in Geneuille, more than in 82% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 34%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Geneuille
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 71% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Geneuille, 4.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Geneuille, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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 single residents trails 76% of compared French towns: 22%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 11% 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
Graduates of higher education: 43%, above 86% of compared French towns. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,280 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Geneuille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneuille | 47.6 | 21% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 1.6 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 2.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 3.5 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Thise 2,994 · 5.6 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 5.9 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saône 3,195 · 9.8 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Geneuille
What is the population of Geneuille?
1,280 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,363).
How old are Geneuille’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Geneuille?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Geneuille?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Geneuille?
€31,490 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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