Pugey ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.3%
Half of Pugey’s residents are over 47.9, older than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. For Pugey, the census puts households without a car at 4.6%. The town counted 676 residents and 310 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up 29%, against 25% 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 Pugey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pugey had 787 residents at the 2012 census and 676 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Pugey changed by −14% since 2012
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Doubs town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Pugey ranks above 70% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pugey 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
6.5% of households are single parents, below 93% 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
The average household has 2.2 people. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
0.3% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Here 22% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Pugey, 4.6% of homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €28,580 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.
Living standards centre on €28,580 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Pugey ranks below 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6.5%
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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in six here (16%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.1% of residents are foreign nationals, 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.
The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Pugey, 2.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
With married residents at 46%, Pugey is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (676 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Pugey and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pugey | 47.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 4.3 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 6.2 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Saône 3,195 · 6.4 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 7.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Thise 2,994 · 7.8 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 8.3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Pugey
What is the population of Pugey?
676 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (787).
How old are Pugey’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pugey?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pugey?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pugey?
€28,580 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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