Couples with children: 46%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Here nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Census day 2023: 190 residents and 67 households in Val-de-Roulans. In Val-de-Roulans, 2.9% of homes stand empty. At 13%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Val-de-Roulans
A town of families
46% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 76% of compared French towns: Val-de-Roulans changed by +12% since 2012
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 +15%, then −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Only 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Val-de-Roulans
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Val-de-Roulans 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.2, Val-de-Roulans is younger than 64% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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 average 2.8 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Val-de-Roulans sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 15%.
Val-de-Roulans ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.5%
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
At 1.4%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. 3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 10% have stayed 30 years or more. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,260 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.
Half of Val-de-Roulans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,260 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker: 7.7%, below 88% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.5%
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 lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Census figures put immigrants at 2.6% in Val-de-Roulans. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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
With married residents at 48%, Val-de-Roulans is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Val-de-Roulans, 17%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 9th youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Val-de-Roulans sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Roulans | 42.2 | 13% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 4.2 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Thise 2,994 · 10.6 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 12 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 14.4 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 14.5 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 14.6 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 Val-de-Roulans
What is the population of Val-de-Roulans?
190 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (169).
How old are Val-de-Roulans’ residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-de-Roulans?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-de-Roulans?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-de-Roulans?
€28,260 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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