Households without a car: 2.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 1,622 people lived in Montfaucon, in 710 households. In Montfaucon, 6.3% of households are single parents. On households headed by a manual worker, Montfaucon sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 4.2%.
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 Montfaucon
Many graduates
55% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 24% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montfaucon grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 64% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +5% to 2023.
A median age of 46.9: Montfaucon is older than 69% 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
■ Montfaucon 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 70% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children.
Only 20% of homes are flats in Montfaucon
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%. Montfaucon has fewer empty homes than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 5.6%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.7%.
The median resident lives on €36,470 a year per consumption unit
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 €36,470 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 27%
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 retired person stands at 33%. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 81% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Fewer single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Montfaucon, 47%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Montfaucon, 55% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification: 9.2% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,622 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Montfaucon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montfaucon | 46.9 | 24% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Saône 3,195 · 1.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 3.2 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 3.2 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 5.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 6.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 7.3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Montfaucon
What is the population of Montfaucon?
1,622 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,496).
How old are Montfaucon’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montfaucon?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montfaucon?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montfaucon?
€36,470 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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