Nans is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Nans has 4%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 2.9%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 46 households held 96 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Nans
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nans, 12% of its 63 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Nans’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nans ranks above 95% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
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
6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Nans has 12%.
Nans changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 61% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.8% in Nans, less than in 99% 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
■ Nans 53. The median compared French town: 44.
In Nans, 30% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 30% in Nans, more than in 75% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone here.
Nans ranks above 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 20%
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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 40% in Nans and 32% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Nans ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 55% in Nans, more than in 99% 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
The share of single residents trails 73% of compared French towns: 23%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
More graduates of higher education than in 53% of compared French towns: 31%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 96 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Nans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nans | 53 | 30% | 12% | 1% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 8.4 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 9.1 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Lure 7,877 · 14.9 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 15 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 15.5 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 15.7 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Nans
What is the population of Nans?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (94).
How old are Nans’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nans?
8, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nans?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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