Mancenans ranks above 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 26%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 8.3% of homes are flats. Mancenans is home to 321 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census. Empty homes: 11%, above 83% 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.
Since 2012, Mancenans has changed by −1%, slower than 75% 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 change was −5%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, a higher share than 70% 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
■ Mancenans 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Mancenans’s residents are under 43.3, younger than in 55% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% locally, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.4%, a lower share than 86% 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
A third of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up about one in three here (30%).
Households without a car: 8.1%, a lower share than 66% 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
Turnover: 5.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 35% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 2.5% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%.
A typical living standard of €23,840 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 median standard of living in Mancenans is €23,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Mancenans, 37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 73% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 64% of compared French towns: 7.5%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Mancenans ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.6%
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.
With foreign nationals at 0.3%, Mancenans is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 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.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 77% 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 the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Mancenans, 22%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns: 24%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (23%), Mancenans is above 72% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 321 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Mancenans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mancenans | 43.3 | 22% | 2.5% | 0.6% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 2.1 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 9.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 10.6 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 11.4 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 11.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 12.4 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
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 Mancenans
What is the population of Mancenans?
321 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (325).
How old are Mancenans’ residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mancenans?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mancenans?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mancenans?
€23,840 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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