Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Issans is over 60
Empty homes: 3.3%, below 94% of compared French towns. In Issans, 51% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Doubs town had 239 residents in 120 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 Issans
An older town
Half of Issans’ residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Issans had 260 residents at the 2012 census and 239 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Issans changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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: −8% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Issans sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Issans 60. The median compared French town: 44.
35% of Issans’ residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Doubs town and 22% in the median compared French town; 13% are under 18. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 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
In Issans, 12% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Across Issans, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Issans sits below 91% of compared French towns for flats (7.4%)
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 10% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 42%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 6.2%, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. One household in 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,430 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.
The median standard of living in Issans is €29,430 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Issans sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (25%)
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 12%, Issans is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, a lower share than 90% 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.
By its share of immigrants (3.7%), Issans is below 75% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Issans sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (60%)
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 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Issans has 13%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 63% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Issans. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 239 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Issans is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issans | 60 | 35% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 3.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 3.4 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 3.4 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 3.5 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 4.2 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 4.3 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
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 Issans
What is the population of Issans?
239 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (260).
How old are Issans’ residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Issans?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Issans?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Issans?
€29,430 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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