Empty homes: 15%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
In Pompierre-sur-Doubs, 28% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 300 residents and 130 households in the town. Couples with children account for 32%. Fewer flats than in 90% of compared French towns: 8%.
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 Pompierre-sur-Doubs
Empty homes
The census found 25 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.
Pompierre-sur-Doubs changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 74% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pompierre-sur-Doubs 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 11%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
A lower share of one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Here 8% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Households average 2.3 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 6.1% of its 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Nearly one in ten households have no car.
Half above, half below €24,180 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,180 a year: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Pompierre-sur-Doubs ranks below 86% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 24%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Pompierre-sur-Doubs has 8%. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals here. Across the comparison, 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 55% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Nearly 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.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Pompierre-sur-Doubs. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 300 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Pompierre-sur-Doubs
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pompierre-sur-Doubs | 44 | 18% | 6.1% | 1% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 3.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 9.2 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 10.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 11.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 12.1 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 13.9 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 Pompierre-sur-Doubs
What is the population of Pompierre-sur-Doubs?
300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (303).
How old are Pompierre-sur-Doubs’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pompierre-sur-Doubs?
10, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pompierre-sur-Doubs?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pompierre-sur-Doubs?
€24,180 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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