Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.8%
Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. For Bresilley, the census puts empty homes at 11%. In 2023, the Census found 189 residents here, living in 86 households. At 25%, couples with children sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
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 Bresilley
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bresilley, 12% of its 110 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bresilley sits above 89% of compared French towns for second homes (12%)
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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of homes are flats. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 63% 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 +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Half of Bresilley is under 42.7, younger than 61% 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
■ Bresilley 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of Bresilley’s residents are 65 or older, against 24% in the median Haute-Saône town and 22% in the median compared French town; 25% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 51% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. At 10%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,110 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 median standard of living in Bresilley is €24,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 64% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 account for 15%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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 Bresilley, 1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Bresilley sits below 91% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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 census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Bresilley. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Bresilley sits below 80% 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
For Bresilley, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (189 to 2,582 people), the 10th youngest
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).
Bresilley sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bresilley | 42.7 | 21% | 12% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 9.5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Auxonne 7,581 · 12.3 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Gray 5,365 · 12.9 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Dole 23,840 · 13.8 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 2% | 13% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 15.1 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 15.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Bresilley
What is the population of Bresilley?
189 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (186).
How old are Bresilley’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bresilley?
13, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bresilley?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bresilley?
€24,110 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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