More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 40%
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Lanthenans has 31%. 4% of households have no car, a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 68 residents and 27 households in the town. For Lanthenans, the census puts flats at 9.7%.
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 Lanthenans
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lanthenans changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 57% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
Lanthenans ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 4.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lanthenans 49. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 49, Lanthenans is older than 79% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
38% women, 62% men
About 60 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
A larger share of second homes than 81% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty in Lanthenans. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 83% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 20% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Lanthenans’ residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lanthenans sits above 86% of compared French towns for single residents (32%)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Lanthenans has 40%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 58% of compared French towns: 18% 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
Graduates of higher education: 29% of the total. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Lanthenans are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanthenans | 49 | 31% | 6.3% | 0% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 4 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 6.6 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 7.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 8.5 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 9.6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 10.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
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 Lanthenans
What is the population of Lanthenans?
68 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (66).
How old are Lanthenans’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lanthenans?
2, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lanthenans?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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