In Pays-de-Clerval, 19% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% of compared French towns
3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). At the 2023 Census, 1,174 people lived in Pays-de-Clerval, in 510 households. The share of single-parent households stands at 7.9%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.3% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns.
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 Pays-de-Clerval
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pays-de-Clerval had 1,315 residents at the 2012 census and 1,174 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 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.
Pays-de-Clerval’s population moved −11% on 2012, less than in 98% 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 −7%, then −4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2% in Pays-de-Clerval, less than in 79% 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
■ Pays-de-Clerval 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Pays-de-Clerval’s residents are over 45, older than in 57% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 67% of compared French towns: 28% of households are couples with children
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Pays-de-Clerval has 33%.
Only 20% of homes are flats in Pays-de-Clerval
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%. More second homes than in 71% of compared French towns: 4%. One household in nine has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Standard of living at the median: €23,010 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,010 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are headed by a retired person here. Across the comparison, 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).
In Pays-de-Clerval, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 2.8%. 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 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Pays-de-Clerval, 46%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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: 25%, above 79% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Pays-de-Clerval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pays-de-Clerval | 45 | 22% | 4% | 3.4% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 5.4 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 7.4 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 12.5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 12.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 13.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 15.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
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 Pays-de-Clerval
What is the population of Pays-de-Clerval?
1,174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,315).
How old are Pays-de-Clerval’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pays-de-Clerval?
27, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pays-de-Clerval?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pays-de-Clerval?
€23,010 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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