Couples with children make up 40% in Palantine, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 60% in Palantine and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 5.1%. Half are older than 38.8, younger than 85% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Palantine was home to 61 people in 23 households.
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 Palantine
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Palantine, 12% of its 33 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 ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 20% single parents with children; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Palantine ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 19%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 14% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.5% (under two years). 12% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of flats trails 70% of compared French towns: 19%.
+9% since 2012, a pace 66% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
In two steps, +29% to 2017 and −15% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
8.5% of residents are 65 or over, fewer 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
■ Palantine 38.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Palantine is 38.8, lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 64 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 20%, a lower 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
There are 2.7 people in the average household. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households are single parents in Palantine.
Palantine ranks above 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 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
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Palantine sits below 83% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.7%)
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 median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
53% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 20%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (15%), Palantine is below three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 61 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
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.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Palantine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palantine | 38.8 | 8.5% | 12% | 0% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 9 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 9.6 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 11 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saône 3,195 · 12.1 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 12.7 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 13.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 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 Palantine
What is the population of Palantine?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (56).
How old are Palantine’s residents?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 8.5% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Palantine?
4, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Palantine?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.7%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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