Only 4.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Rouhe
Here 2.4% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. For Rouhe, the census puts flats at 2.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Doubs town had 87 residents in 41 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Rouhe
Many people living alone
50% of Rouhe’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Rouhe’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012: slower than 70% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then +10% to 2023. Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Rouhe is over 51.3, older than 87% 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
■ Rouhe 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Rouhe.
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 67 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Rouhe sits above 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (50%)
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 4.5% in Rouhe, less than in 81% 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
17% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.3% moved in within the last two years. On second homes, Rouhe sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 2.3%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 63% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 25%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rouhe: 5.7% of residents are foreign nationals, above 62% 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 higher than in 53% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. For Rouhe, the census puts immigrants at 6.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rouhe ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 60%
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 single residents is 20% in Rouhe and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Rouhe comes in at 17%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Rouhe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouhe | 51.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 6.9% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 8.6 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 10.1 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 11.3 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saône 3,195 · 11.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 13.2 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 14.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Rouhe
What is the population of Rouhe?
87 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (87).
How old are Rouhe’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouhe?
1, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouhe?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (5.7%). 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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