More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Valoreille was home to 128 people in 52 households. About one in 18: that is how common flats are in Valoreille (5.5%). By its share of households headed by a manual worker (25%), Valoreille is above 96% 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 Valoreille
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valoreille, 23% of its 73 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Valoreille ranks below 65% of compared French towns on empty homes: 5.6%
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 5.7% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
+7% since 2012, a pace 58% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Valoreille is under 41.5, younger than 69% 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
■ Valoreille 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, more than in 50% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 8.3% of households are single parents in Valoreille
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 2.5 people in the average household. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. A quarter of households are couples with children, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,080 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 residents live in households above €28,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
In Valoreille, 25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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. Across the comparison, 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).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 63% of compared French towns: 3.1%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents make up 55% in Valoreille, more than in 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
In Valoreille, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 11%, a lower share than 93% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 58% of compared French towns: 32%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Valoreille, 4 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valoreille | 41.5 | 22% | 23% | 3.1% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 4.4 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 6.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 7 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 9.5 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 10.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 11.7 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
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 Valoreille
What is the population of Valoreille?
128 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (120).
How old are Valoreille’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valoreille?
16, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valoreille?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valoreille?
€28,080 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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