In Valonne, 2.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
One-person households: 23% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 269 residents in 110 households. Flats: 14% of the total.
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 Valonne
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 73% of compared French towns: Valonne changed by +11% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 63% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valonne 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Valonne’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in the town, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. At 9.5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 58% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Valonne: 11% of homes stand empty, above 85% 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 figure for second homes is 4% in Valonne and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,370 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.
The median standard of living in Valonne is €28,370 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
In Valonne, 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 94% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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.
The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
For Valonne, the census puts single residents at 25%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Valonne
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
Locally, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 269 to 2,582
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.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Valonne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valonne | 43.5 | 20% | 4% | 1.5% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 5.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 7.8 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 9.3 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 10.2 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 10.3 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 10.3 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
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 Valonne
What is the population of Valonne?
269 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (242).
How old are Valonne’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valonne?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valonne?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% 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 Valonne?
€28,370 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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