Only 19% of households are one person living alone in Semondans
The share of flats trails 95% of compared French towns: 5.1%. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 20% in Semondans, about two in ten. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.5% of households have no car. 301 residents in 120 households: that is Semondans 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 Semondans
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Semondans has changed by −2%, slower than 77% 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: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
A median age of 48.3: Semondans is older than 76% 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
■ Semondans 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Semondans has 12%. On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households average 2.4 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Semondans ranks above 73% of compared French towns on empty homes: 9.1%
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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Half above, half below €28,110 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.
At €28,110 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Semondans ranks above 65% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 35%
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 52% in Semondans, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Single residents make up 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Semondans, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
Here 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 301 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Semondans, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semondans | 48.3 | 22% | 0% | 1% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 3.8 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 4.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 5 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 5.3 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 6 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 6 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
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 Semondans
What is the population of Semondans?
301 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (306).
How old are Semondans’ residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Semondans?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Semondans?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Semondans?
€28,110 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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