Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Villars-sous-Écot is over 54.9
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (23%), Villars-sous-Écot is above 92% of compared French towns. Across Villars-sous-Écot, 3.2% of households are single parents. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town counted 332 residents and 160 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Villars-sous-Écot
An older town
Half of Villars-sous-Écot’s residents are under 54.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Villars-sous-Écot had 368 residents at the 2012 census and 332 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Villars-sous-Écot behind 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villars-sous-Écot 54.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 84% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Couples with children make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Households average 2.1 people.
1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 98% 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
Flats: 5.2% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.9% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%.
The median resident lives on €27,350 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €27,350 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns: 42%
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 manual worker: 13% of the total. 23% of Villars-sous-Écot’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 42% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.5% in Villars-sous-Écot, less than in 86% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Villars-sous-Écot has 3.9%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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
Here a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns: 27%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 26% in Villars-sous-Écot and 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 332 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Villars-sous-Écot
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villars-sous-Écot | 54.9 | 32% | 0% | 3.9% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 4.5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 4.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 5.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 5.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 6.8 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
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 Villars-sous-Écot
What is the population of Villars-sous-Écot?
332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (368).
How old are Villars-sous-Écot’s residents?
The median age is 54.9, older than 94% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villars-sous-Écot?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villars-sous-Écot?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villars-sous-Écot?
€27,350 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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