Half of Les Pontets is under 34.1, younger than 98% of compared French towns
18% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Les Pontets was home to 141 people in 52 households. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in three here (36%). Empty homes are more common here than in nearly three quarters 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 Pontets
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Pontets, 21% of its 74 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 56% 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
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 28% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Les Pontets’ residents are under 34.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 21% of its homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 15%. By its share of flats (28%), Les Pontets is below 54% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Les Pontets has grown +7%, faster than 58% 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 Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Pontets 34.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.7%), Les Pontets is below 70% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 45%, a higher share than 99% 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
Average household size: 2.7 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
€32,980 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €32,980 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns, at 27%
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. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person 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 91% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 86% 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
The share of married residents tops 70% of compared French towns: 46%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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 Les Pontets, 44%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 141 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.
The youngest is Les Pontets (34.1), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Les Pontets
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Pontets | 34.1 | 12% | 21% | 2.1% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 12.6 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 15.6 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 15.6 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 16.5 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Les Rousses 3,740 · 17 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 48% | 7.6% |
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 Pontets
What is the population of Les Pontets?
141 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (132).
How old are Les Pontets’ residents?
The median age is 34.1, younger than 98% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Pontets?
16, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Pontets?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Pontets?
€32,980 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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