41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Half of Les Combes’s residents are under 40, younger than in 79% of compared French towns. This Doubs town is home to 777 residents in 310 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 1.6% of households have no car here. Households headed by a retired person: 24%, below 86% of compared French towns.
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 Combes
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Combes grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 56% 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: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, a lower share 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 Combes 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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
Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.5 people.
Flats make up 11% in Les Combes, less than in 85% 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
5.3% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 40 here (2.5%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €37,930 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 €37,930 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 make up 7.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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).
Les Combes sits below 83% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.9%)
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 83% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 42: 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Les Combes: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 82% of compared French towns
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 Les Combes, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Les Combes, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 68% of compared French towns: 36%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (777 to 2,582 people), the 3rd 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).
Les Combes is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Combes
What is the population of Les Combes?
777 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (731).
How old are Les Combes’ residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Combes?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Combes?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Combes?
€37,930 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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