53% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 195 residents and 86 households in Lombard. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. 6.7% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Lombard
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lombard had 216 residents at the 2012 census and 195 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Doubs town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −12%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Lombard is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lombard 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, Lombard is ahead of 59% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Lombard sits above 75% of compared French towns for single-parent households (12%)
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 make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Lombard ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.5%
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
In Lombard, 9.6% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.7% of homes are second homes in the town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,680 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 €26,680 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 24% in Lombard, more than in 94% 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
Here 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. By way of 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).
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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 make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 28: that is how common immigrants are in Lombard (3.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lombard sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (14%)
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
By its share of married residents (49%), Lombard is above 87% of compared French towns. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lombard ranks below 85% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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 Lombard, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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).
Older than Lombard: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lombard | 49.9 | 24% | 7.7% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 7.6 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 12.5 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 13.6 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 13.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 14.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 15.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Lombard
What is the population of Lombard?
195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (216).
How old are Lombard’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lombard?
8, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lombard?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lombard?
€26,680 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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