Recologne ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.3%
The median age in Recologne is 40.6, lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. The town had 730 residents in 320 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of single-parent households is 6.3%, against 10% 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 Recologne
Growing fast
Recologne had 616 residents at the 2012 census and 730 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +19% change since 2012: Recologne grew faster than 88% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of compared French towns: 8.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Recologne 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 19%, Recologne is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 30% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 5.7% of households have no car
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
By its share of flats (24%), Recologne is below 60% of compared French towns. 6.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €28,040 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns, at 25%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Recologne ranks below 87% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.5%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 91% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Recologne. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Recologne
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 37% in Recologne and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Recologne and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recologne | 40.6 | 19% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 6.1 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 6.3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 6.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 7.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 8.8 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 11.4 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
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 Recologne
What is the population of Recologne?
730 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (616).
How old are Recologne’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Recologne?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Recologne?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Recologne?
€28,040 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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