39% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Les Bréseux, 1.5%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 494 people lived locally, in 200 households. 14% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Les Bréseux
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: Les Bréseux grew faster than 63% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
A median age of 39.5: Les Bréseux is younger than 82% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Bréseux 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Les Bréseux, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% 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
With single-parent households at 7.7%, Les Bréseux is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 3.8% of homes stand empty
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
By its share of second homes (1.1%), Les Bréseux is below 77% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. For Les Bréseux, the census puts flats at 14%.
The median resident lives on €36,880 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €36,880 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 36%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (5.1%), Les Bréseux is below 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 20% locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Les Bréseux ranks below 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.8%
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 three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.2% in Les Bréseux.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Les Bréseux ranks below 82% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Married residents: 45%, above two thirds of compared French towns. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Here 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Les Bréseux and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bréseux | 39.5 | 14% | 1.1% | 3.8% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 1.5 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 4.1 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 8.2 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 8.4 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 12.1 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 12.1 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
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 Les Bréseux
What is the population of Les Bréseux?
494 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (458).
How old are Les Bréseux’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Bréseux?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Bréseux?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Bréseux?
€36,880 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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