A median age of 55.3: Viéthorey is older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 86 residents in Viéthorey, living in 46 households. Couples with children: 12% of the total. Here 1.8% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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 Viéthorey
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Viéthorey, 17% of its 65 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 58% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Viéthorey had 112 residents at the 2012 census and 86 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Viéthorey’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Viéthorey’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 30% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
5% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Viéthorey has changed by −23%, slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −16%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Doubs town −1%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Viéthorey 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 27%, Viéthorey is ahead of 77% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 64 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Viéthorey ranks above 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 50%
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 1.9 people each. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
50% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (12%), Viéthorey is below 60% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 58%
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
Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Viéthorey sits below 77% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Viéthorey has 24%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 86 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
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).
Viéthorey is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viéthorey | 55.3 | 27% | 17% | 1.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 6.2 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 7.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 14.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 16.1 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 16.2 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 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 Viéthorey
What is the population of Viéthorey?
86 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (112).
How old are Viéthorey’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viéthorey?
11, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viéthorey?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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