Sourans ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 67%
With a median age of 40.5, Sourans is younger than just over three quarters of compared French towns. In Sourans, 5.4% of homes are flats. 113 residents in 49 households: that is Sourans at the 2023 Census. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of households are couples with children locally.
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 Sourans
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sourans had 130 residents at the 2012 census and 113 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −13% since 2012, behind 99% 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
The median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −9% and the next six −4%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 78% of compared French towns: 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sourans 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of Sourans’ residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Doubs town and 22% in the median compared French town; 18% are under 18. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 here average 2.3 people each. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 5.6% of homes stand empty in Sourans
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. The share of second homes stands at 1.4%. Sourans sits close to the norm on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €23,790 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.
At €23,790 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Sourans. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Sourans are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Sourans ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 15%
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
In Sourans, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (28%), Sourans is above 87% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 113 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Sourans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sourans | 40.5 | 25% | 1.4% | 0% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 3.4 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 6.5 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 7 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 7.8 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 9.1 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 10.1 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
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 Sourans
What is the population of Sourans?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (130).
How old are Sourans’ residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sourans?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sourans?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Sourans?
€23,790 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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