Households without a car make up 0.5% in Tallenay, less than in 99% of compared French towns
1% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 5.3% of the total. Fewer one-person households than in 96% of compared French towns: 24%. Tallenay had 436 residents in 190 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 Tallenay
An older town
Half of Tallenay’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +10% change since 2012: faster 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
The median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +5%.
Half of Tallenay is over 52.3, older than 90% 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
■ Tallenay 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.6% in Tallenay. Residents aged 65 and over: 33% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Tallenay, 5.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
Households here average 2.3 people each. On couples with children, Tallenay sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 30%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
3.6% of homes stand empty, below 91% 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
The share of second homes is 0.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Just over two in five households have been in place 30 years or more; 3.7% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
Median standard of living: €35,140 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.
Living standards centre on €35,140 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
47% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 95% of compared French towns
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
In Tallenay, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a third 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).
In Tallenay, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 98% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Tallenay has 3.7%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
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 married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 59%
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
Here 15% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Tallenay sits below 98% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (8.2%)
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 53% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (436 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Tallenay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallenay | 52.3 | 33% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 2.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 2.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Thise 2,994 · 3 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 4.4 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saône 3,195 · 7.3 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 Tallenay
What is the population of Tallenay?
436 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (396).
How old are Tallenay’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tallenay?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tallenay?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tallenay?
€35,140 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.