35% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 233 residents and 94 households in Les Villedieu. The census found that 4.3% of residents are 15 to 24 locally. 16% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%).
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 Villedieu
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Villedieu, 35% of its 150 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 34% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Les Villedieu’s residents are under 38.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Les Villedieu had 198 residents at the 2012 census and 233 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 2.6%, a lower share than 97% 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
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 5.3%. At 37%, the share of flats is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
A +18% change since 2012: Les Villedieu grew faster than 87% 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 +5% and the next six +13%.
A median age of 38.4: Les Villedieu is younger than 87% 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 Villedieu 38.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 84% of compared French towns: 17%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Les Villedieu sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
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
Couples with children: 32%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. Households here average 2.5 people each. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The median resident lives on €36,720 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €36,720 a year: higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
Les Villedieu: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 87% 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 retired person make up 26%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the 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).
Les Villedieu sits below 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.4%)
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 3% of residents are foreign nationals in Les Villedieu. On average, 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.
Les Villedieu ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 17%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, two in five residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 15% 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
Across Les Villedieu, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 233 to 2,582 people: this is 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).
Les Villedieu is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Villedieu | 38.4 | 17% | 35% | 3.4% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 13.1 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 14.1 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 16.3 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
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 Villedieu
What is the population of Les Villedieu?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (198).
How old are Les Villedieu’s residents?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Villedieu?
53, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Villedieu?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Villedieu?
€36,720 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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