A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
With a median age of 39.2, Plaimbois-Vennes is younger than 83% of compared French towns. The town had 113 residents in 49 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households make up about one in five here (20%). The share of flats is 23%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Plaimbois-Vennes
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plaimbois-Vennes, 18% of its 64 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Plaimbois-Vennes had 90 residents at the 2012 census and 113 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes in Plaimbois-Vennes are second homes
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 Plaimbois-Vennes, 5.5% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 8.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 13% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Plaimbois-Vennes’s population changed by +26% since 2012, more than in 95% 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 change was +13% from 2012 to 2017 and +11% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14% in Plaimbois-Vennes, less than in 92% 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
■ Plaimbois-Vennes 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Plaimbois-Vennes has 13%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 20% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Plaimbois-Vennes has more one-person households than 69% of compared French towns, at 40%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
Households headed by a manual worker: 20%, a higher share than 83% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 30% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 96% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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.
Here 2.7% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Plaimbois-Vennes, 32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Plaimbois-Vennes, 32%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Plaimbois-Vennes
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 12%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 113 to 2,582
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.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Plaimbois-Vennes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Plaimbois-Vennes
What is the population of Plaimbois-Vennes?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (90).
How old are Plaimbois-Vennes’ residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaimbois-Vennes?
12, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaimbois-Vennes?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). 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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