Couples with children: 39%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Vellevans counted 253 residents and 100 households at the 2023 Census. 3.2% of households have no car, or about one in 31. With second homes at 4.3%, Vellevans is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Vellevans
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Vellevans had 192 residents at the 2012 census and 253 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Vellevans’ residents are under 38.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vellevans grew +32% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 97% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +22%, then +8% to 2023. Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Vellevans is under 38.4, younger than 87% 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
■ Vellevans 38.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 18% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. In Vellevans, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
5.6% of households are single parents, below 98% 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 2.5 people each. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Vellevans has fewer one-person households than 86% of compared French towns, at 28%.
Vellevans ranks above 89% of compared French towns on empty homes: 12%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 9.6% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes are flats in Vellevans.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,650 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 Vellevans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,650 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Vellevans ranks above 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 50%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are headed by a manual worker in Vellevans. As a yardstick, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Vellevans. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Vellevans, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
On married residents, Vellevans sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 43%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vellevans
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (253 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Vellevans sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vellevans | 38.4 | 18% | 4.3% | 2.5% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 7.4 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 10.2 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 13.4 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 13.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 14.8 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 14.8 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
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 Vellevans
What is the population of Vellevans?
253 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (192).
How old are Vellevans’ residents?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vellevans?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vellevans?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vellevans?
€24,650 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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