A larger share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
18% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. La Planée had 332 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census. Households without a car: 4.1% of the total. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 La Planée
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Planée, 10% of its 160 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 73% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
La Planée had 247 residents at the 2012 census and 332 in 2023, up 34%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of La Planée’s residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Planée ranks above 88% of compared French towns on second homes: 10%
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
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 23% in La Planée. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.2% of homes stand empty in the town.
La Planée grew +34% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 98% 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
Here the change came as +20% to 2017, then +12% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs.
Younger than 87% of compared French towns: half of La Planée is under 38.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Planée 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 14%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 86% of compared French towns: 28%
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. The average household has 2.4 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €36,230 a year in standard of living
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 La Planée is €36,230 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.4% in La Planée. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Put another way, about one in 43: 2.3% 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.
La Planée ranks below 94% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
In La Planée, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 9.9% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 332 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than La Planée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Planée | 38.2 | 14% | 10% | 2.3% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 5.7 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 6.6 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
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 La Planée
What is the population of La Planée?
332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 34% more than in 2012 (247).
How old are La Planée’s residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Planée?
17, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Planée?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Planée?
€36,230 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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