Empty homes make up 18% in Geney, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Geney has 8.3%. This Doubs town counted 125 residents and 57 households at the 2023 Census. For Geney, the census puts flats at 5.6%. Few places have so few households without a car: 8.8% here, fewer than in 61% 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 Geney
Fewer residents than in 2012
Geney had 151 residents at the 2012 census and 125 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Geney’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Geney changed by −17% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −21%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Geney is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Geney 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 14% in Geney and 11% in the typical compared French town. Here, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people. The share of one-person households trails 59% of compared French towns: 33%.
94% of homes are houses
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 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.8%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 1.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 30%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €25,820 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €25,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Geney sits above 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (50%)
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, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Geney, 17%. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.8% in Geney, less than in 99% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Geney has 0.8%. Elsewhere, 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.
Only 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Geney
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Geney has 24%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 125 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Geney
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geney | 50.8 | 26% | 2.8% | 0.8% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 3 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 7.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 9.5 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 10.8 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 10.9 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 11.4 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
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 Geney
What is the population of Geney?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (151).
How old are Geney’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Geney?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Geney?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Geney?
€25,820 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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