Nommay ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 4.3%
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Nommay comes in at 29%. The census found that 5.3% of households have no car locally. 10% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns. The town had 1,596 residents in 700 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Nommay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nommay had 1,685 residents at the 2012 census and 1,596 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Nommay behind 89% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nommay 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.9, Nommay is older than 69% of compared French towns. Across Nommay, one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Nommay sits above 68% of compared French towns for couples with children (29%)
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.3%, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns.
A lower share of empty homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 4.1%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Nommay has 0.5%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 6.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 34% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Standard of living at the median: €28,710 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.
At €28,710 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns: 36%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (11%), Nommay is above 58% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 16% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 3%, a lower share than 65% 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.
That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants account for 5.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
A fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Nommay
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
With graduates of higher education at 33%, Nommay is ahead of 59% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,596 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nommay sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nommay | 46.9 | 26% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Vieux-Charmont 2,786 · 1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 1.3 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
| Châtenois-les-Forges 2,608 · 1.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 1.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.9% | 22% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 2.2 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 2.3 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
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 Nommay
What is the population of Nommay?
1,596 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,685).
How old are Nommay’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nommay?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nommay?
INSEE counts 93 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nommay?
€28,710 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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