Photo: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.028% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Hérimoncourt comes in at 0.2%. Few places have as many single-parent households: 13% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns. This Doubs town is home to 3,508 residents in 1,660 households, by the 2023 Census. Households in social housing come to 19% locally, about two in ten.
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 Hérimoncourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hérimoncourt had 3,659 residents at the 2012 census and 3,508 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 85% 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: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Hérimoncourt is younger than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hérimoncourt 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Hérimoncourt. Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 73% of compared French towns: 20%
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 2.1 people on average. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 40%, the share of one-person households is higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
More empty homes than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 11% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many flats: 45% here, more than in 69% of compared French towns. On top of that, by its share of households without a car (13%), Hérimoncourt is above just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,270 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 residents live in households above €25,270 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 17.0%.
4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 87% 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
Across Hérimoncourt, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. Measured more widely, 9.4% of 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).
Immigrants make up 6.3% of Hérimoncourt’s residents
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 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. Here, 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.
Hérimoncourt ranks above 77% of compared French towns on single residents: 30%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Hérimoncourt has 39%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Hérimoncourt
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: 27%, above 83% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,486 to 3,535 people), the 14th 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 36.6 in Sainte-Geneviève to 60.7 in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda.
Hérimoncourt is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hérimoncourt | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 2 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 3.2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 3.2 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 3.5 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 3.8 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 4.8 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
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 Hérimoncourt
What is the population of Hérimoncourt?
3,508 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (3,659).
How old are Hérimoncourt’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hérimoncourt?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hérimoncourt?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hérimoncourt?
€25,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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