28% of homes in Glère are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Glère was home to 176 people in 88 households. Across Glère, 5.3% of residents are 15 to 24. The share of households headed by a manual worker is 37%, against 14% 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 Glère
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Glère, 28% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 48% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Glère had 216 residents at the 2012 census and 176 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 5.3%, a lower share than 86% 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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Across Glère, 10% of homes stand empty. Flats are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Glère changed by −19% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −22% to 2023.
Glère is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Glère 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Glère sits above 77% of compared French towns for one-person households (42%)
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 people on average. Just over a fifth of households are couples with children, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Glère has 11%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,740 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,740 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 26%, a lower share than 80% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 32% 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).
9.5% of residents are immigrants, more than in 68% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.6%, Glère is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Married residents are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 9.1% in Glère, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Here 32% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 176 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Glère
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glère | 47.3 | 22% | 28% | 9.5% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 8.2 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 10.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 10.4 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 10.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 10.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 11.1 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
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 Glère
What is the population of Glère?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (216).
How old are Glère’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Glère?
40, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Glère?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Glère?
€30,740 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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