Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Montivernage is over 54.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Montivernage had 27 residents in 14 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put second homes at 9.5% here. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; here, 25%.
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 Montivernage
Many people living alone
100% of Montivernage’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 20% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Montivernage’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (29%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montivernage changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 70% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%. The change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
22% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 53% 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
■ Montivernage 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 29%, a higher share than 99% 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
The share of flats trails 86% of compared French towns: 10%. Nearly one in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.3% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
In Montivernage, 100% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Montivernage, 4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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 married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 30%
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 35% in Montivernage and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 20% in Montivernage. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Montivernage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montivernage | 54.5 | 22% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 4 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 11.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 12.3 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 16 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Thise 2,994 · 16.7 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 16.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Montivernage
What is the population of Montivernage?
27 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (27).
How old are Montivernage’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montivernage?
2, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montivernage?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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