Tressandans is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Tressandans comes in at 25%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns. This Doubs town had 28 residents in 17 households at the 2023 census. Across Tressandans, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
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 Tressandans
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 3 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tressandans, 14% of its 22 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 33% 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 Tressandans’ residents are under 63 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 21% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tressandans had 36 residents at the 2012 census and 28 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Tressandans’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 15% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 14%, a higher share than 90% 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
One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 5.9%. Few places have so few flats: 18% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns.
Tressandans changed by −22% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
Here the change came as −36% to 2017, then +22% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs.
Residents aged 65 and over: 46%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Tressandans 63. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
61% women, 39% men
About 65 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Tressandans, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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
There are 1.7 people in the average household. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Tressandans ranks below 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 25%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
7.1% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 70% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 14: 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.
Married residents: 63%, a higher share than 99% 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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, a higher share than in 55% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 11% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Tressandans
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
30% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 28 to 2,582 people
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); Tressandans the oldest (63).
Every neighbor is younger than Tressandans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tressandans | 63 | 46% | 14% | 7.1% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 10.2 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 11.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 12.1 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 12.3 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Lure 7,877 · 15.1 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
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 Tressandans
What is the population of Tressandans?
28 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (36).
How old are Tressandans’ residents?
The median age is 63, older than 99% of compared French towns. 3.6% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tressandans?
3, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tressandans?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (7.1%). 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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