A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.6%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Bassigney has 3.8%. This Haute-Saône town had 123 residents in 62 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 46% in the town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns.
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 Bassigney
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bassigney, 12% of its 76 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Bassigney had 131 residents at the 2012 census and 123 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 12%, a higher share than 90% 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
The figure for households without a car is 9.5% in Bassigney and 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 43%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 91% of compared French towns grew faster than Bassigney: −6%
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, −3% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Haute-Saône.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 91% 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
■ Bassigney 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 50.4, Bassigney is older than 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
7.7% of households are single parents, below 83% 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 Haute-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Bassigney, 38% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household.
€22,680 a year: the median standard of living
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 €22,680 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 62% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 15%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.2% of residents are immigrants in Bassigney
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: 1.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 35%, a lower share than 89% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Bassigney. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
More adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 28%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (20%), Bassigney is below 85% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 123 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Bassigney
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassigney | 50.4 | 33% | 12% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 6.5 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 9 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 11 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 11.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 13.2 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 14.8 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
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 Bassigney
What is the population of Bassigney?
123 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (131).
How old are Bassigney’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bassigney?
9, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bassigney?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bassigney?
€22,680 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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