Photo: Tilleul-Menthe · CC BY-SA 4.0Only 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Miserey-Salines
By its share of households without a car (3.9%), Miserey-Salines is below 95% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,661 residents in 1,150 households. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 6.1%. This Doubs town has fewer empty homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 4.4%.
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 Miserey-Salines
Growing fast
Miserey-Salines had 2,196 residents at the 2012 census and 2,661 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+21% since 2012, a pace 92% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +14% and the next six +6%.
A median age of 42.7: Miserey-Salines is younger than 61% 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
■ Miserey-Salines 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Miserey-Salines has 9.6%. By contrast, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 59% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Miserey-Salines sits below 84% of compared French towns for one-person households (28%)
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
At 9.2%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Miserey-Salines has more couples with children than 67% of compared French towns, at 28%.
In Miserey-Salines, 0.9% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 84% 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
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Miserey-Salines. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€31,340 a year: the median standard of living
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 Miserey-Salines is €31,340 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 3.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Miserey-Salines sits above 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (16%)
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person here. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 82% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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: 4.6% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 88% of compared French towns: 49%
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 figure for single residents is 21% in Miserey-Salines and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Miserey-Salines. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,631 to 2,691
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 Roissy-en-France (34), the oldest Piriac-sur-Mer (63.6).
Older than Miserey-Salines: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miserey-Salines | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 1.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 1.2 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 3.5 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 4.6 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 8 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 10.4 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
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 Miserey-Salines
What is the population of Miserey-Salines?
2,661 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (2,196).
How old are Miserey-Salines’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Miserey-Salines?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Miserey-Salines?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Miserey-Salines?
€31,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 3.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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