Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Rognon is over 55.5
Here 3.7% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. At the 2023 Census Rognon was home to 44 people in 22 households. The share of single-parent households stands at 20%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% 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 Rognon
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 3 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rognon, 11% of its 28 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Rognon’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 19% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rognon had 49 residents at the 2012 census and 44 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 11%
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 4.8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Rognon has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rognon 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Rognon ranks above 69% of compared French towns on one-person households: 40%
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 people. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 60%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 40% in Rognon. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.1% 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.
A larger share of single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 32%
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
The figure for married residents is 41% in Rognon and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 90% 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
In Rognon, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 44 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Rognon is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rognon | 55.5 | 29% | 11% | 7.1% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 5.5 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 12.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 14.8 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Thise 2,994 · 14.9 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 15.7 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Saône 3,195 · 16.8 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Rognon
What is the population of Rognon?
44 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (49).
How old are Rognon’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 9.5% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rognon?
3, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rognon?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.4%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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