Half of Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp is under 36.2, younger than 94% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 6.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 1,762 residents and 720 households in Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp. 3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). More households headed by a manual worker than in 97% of compared French towns: 26%.
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 Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp
A young town
Half of Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp’s residents are under 36.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp had 1,500 residents at the 2012 census and 1,762 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: faster than 87% 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 +6%, then +11% to 2023. Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp 36.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp has 12%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp sits above 93% of compared French towns for single-parent households (14%)
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 2.4 people. Few places have as many couples with children: 29% here, more than in 70% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp comes in at 32%.
In Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp, 8.2% of homes stand empty, more than in 66% 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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 16% have been in their home 30 years or more.
A typical living standard of €28,690 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 midpoint of living standards here is €28,690 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 75% of compared French towns: 6.1%. Elsewhere, 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 79% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
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.
In Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 38% in Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp, less than in 80% 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
The share of single residents stands at 25%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 38% and 12%, and 6.4% are widowed.
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp ranks below 66% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,762 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.
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp is the youngest (36.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp | 36.2 | 17% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 3.6 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 11.7 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 13 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 13.1 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 13.1 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| Saône 3,195 · 13.5 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp
What is the population of Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp?
1,762 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (1,500).
How old are Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp’s residents?
The median age is 36.2, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp?
€28,690 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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