Guyans-Durnes ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 45%
2.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Guyans-Durnes’s 130 households held 318 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 22 here (4.6%). Fewer empty homes than in 89% of compared French towns: 3.8%.
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 Guyans-Durnes
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Guyans-Durnes’ residents are under 37.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Guyans-Durnes had 263 residents at the 2012 census and 318 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +21% since 2012, faster than 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 median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six +14%.
Guyans-Durnes is younger than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guyans-Durnes 37.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 85% of compared French towns: 16%. About one in eight: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Guyans-Durnes (12%).
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
95% 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
At 1.5%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. 6.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €30,270 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 Guyans-Durnes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,270 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Guyans-Durnes has 25%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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, Guyans-Durnes has 0.6%. Measured more widely, 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.
More married residents than 53% of compared French towns: 43%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Guyans-Durnes comes in at 37%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 318 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Guyans-Durnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Guyans-Durnes
What is the population of Guyans-Durnes?
318 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (263).
How old are Guyans-Durnes’ residents?
The median age is 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guyans-Durnes?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guyans-Durnes?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guyans-Durnes?
€30,270 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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