A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Montancy’s population at 127, in 63 households. Across Montancy, 4.2% of households have no car. 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.3% locally.
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 Montancy
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montancy, 20% of its 84 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montancy had 158 residents at the 2012 census and 127 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 20%, a lower share than 67% 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
Some one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. Empty homes: 5.8% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −20% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 change was −11% from 2012 to 2017 and −10% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
Half of Montancy is over 48.3, older than 76% 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
■ Montancy 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Here just over a fifth of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €32,750 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 Montancy is €32,750 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Montancy sits above 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (43%)
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 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker here. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 72% of compared French towns, at 10%
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: 5.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Montancy: 44% of residents 15 and over are married, above 60% 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
For Montancy, the census puts single residents at 26%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 44% and 9.7%, and 6.5% are widowed.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Montancy
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Montancy comes in at 24%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 127 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Montancy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montancy | 48.3 | 23% | 20% | 10% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 9 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 10.5 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Delle 5,623 · 10.6 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.9% | 16% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 10.9 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 11.9 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 12.1 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
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 Montancy
What is the population of Montancy?
127 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (158).
How old are Montancy’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montancy?
17, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montancy?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montancy?
€32,750 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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