Lanans: 43% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Lanans has 8.4%. The 2023 Census counted 163 residents in 67 households. Households in social housing account for 1.5%. The town has fewer households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns, at 21%.
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 Lanans
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Lanans had 133 residents at the 2012 census and 163 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 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.
Lanans’s population changed by +23% since 2012, more than in 93% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%. The first five years brought +26%; the six to 2023, −2%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lanans 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lanans’s residents are under 39.4, younger than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% locally.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are one person living alone, a share 53% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone.
Empty homes make up 12% in Lanans, more than in 88% 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 6.2% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 17% who have been there 30 years or more. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 16%, fewer than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.7% of households have no car.
Standard of living at the median: €26,840 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,840 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 29%
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 7.1% in Lanans. By way of comparison, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lanans ranks below 64% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Lanans. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 16% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Lanans, 26%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 163 to 2,582 people, 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Lanans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanans | 39.4 | 16% | 8.4% | 1.3% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 5.7 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 11.4 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 12.1 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 16.2 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 16.2 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 16.5 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Lanans
What is the population of Lanans?
163 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (133).
How old are Lanans’ residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lanans?
7, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lanans?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lanans?
€26,840 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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