Half of Loray is under 35.8, younger than 95% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For Loray, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 22%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. Its 240 households held 623 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Loray
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Loray’s residents are under 35.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Loray had 489 residents at the 2012 census and 623 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Loray grew +27% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 96% 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 +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +20%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loray 35.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents in Loray. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.6 people share a household.
In Loray, 5.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 78% 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
In the last two years, 7.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 13% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here 8.9% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €31,730 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.
Living standards centre on €31,730 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Loray ranks above 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Typically, 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).
Below 73% of compared French towns: 4% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.9%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 60% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 91% 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 Loray, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. 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 623 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.
Loray is the youngest (35.8); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Loray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loray | 35.8 | 12% | 5.2% | 4% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 7.3 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 8.1 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 8.2 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 10.3 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 11 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 15.2 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
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 Loray
What is the population of Loray?
623 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (489).
How old are Loray’s residents?
The median age is 35.8, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loray?
15, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loray?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loray?
€31,730 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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