A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Authoison, 6.8%. 9.3% of its homes are second homes; 1.6% of residents are immigrants. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 314, in 130 households.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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 Authoison
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Authoison’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Authoison changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 71% 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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Haute-Saône.
Younger than 85% of compared French towns: half of Authoison is under 38.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Authoison 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 15% in Authoison and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 73% of compared French towns, at 31%
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 Haute-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. At 7.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Authoison: 9.9% of homes stand empty, above 79% 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.7% of households have no car here. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median of €28,060 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,060 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 88% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Authoison. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 13 here (7.7%). Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Authoison, 0.3%. To put it in context, 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.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Authoison sits below 78% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 33% in Authoison and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Authoison
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authoison | 38.7 | 15% | 9.3% | 1.6% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 8 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 9.5 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 13.7 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 14.5 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Thise 2,994 · 14.8 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 15.7 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Authoison
What is the population of Authoison?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (315).
How old are Authoison’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Authoison?
15, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Authoison?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Authoison?
€28,060 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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