Montenois ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.9%
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Montenois has 26%. At 4.2%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. 1,362 residents in 590 households: that is Montenois at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manual worker come to 19% in the town, about two in ten.
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 Montenois
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montenois had 1,523 residents at the 2012 census and 1,362 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −11% change since 2012: slower than 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
The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −9%.
Montenois is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montenois 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Montenois. Across Montenois, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 29%, a higher share than 68% 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
Households here average 2.3 people each. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 10%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Only 7.4% of homes are flats in Montenois
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
By its share of second homes (0.8%), Montenois is below 88% of compared French towns. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. In Montenois, 7.9% of homes stand empty.
A median standard of living of €28,320 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 Montenois is €28,320 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 34% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 9.2%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Montenois ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.1%
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Montenois ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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 share of single residents is 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Montenois sits below 68% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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
A third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,362 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Montenois, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montenois | 47.9 | 21% | 0.8% | 2.1% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 3.2 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 4.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 4.9 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 6.2 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 6.8 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 7.1 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
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 Montenois
What is the population of Montenois?
1,362 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,523).
How old are Montenois’ residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montenois?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montenois?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montenois?
€28,320 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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