Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM)
47% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Breuchotte has more second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.9%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 299, in 150 households. In Breuchotte, 6.6% of households have no car.
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 Breuchotte
An older town
Half of Breuchotte’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 79% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Breuchotte is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Breuchotte 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 29%, Breuchotte is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.7%, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Breuchotte, less than in 74% 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 the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Breuchotte, 40%. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
A lower share of flats than 72% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 6.2% in Breuchotte.
Half above, half below €24,610 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,610 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 71% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 67% of compared French towns: 17%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of 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).
Breuchotte ranks below 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.3%
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 94% of compared French towns: 1%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Breuchotte comes in at 23%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 299 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Breuchotte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breuchotte | 51.2 | 29% | 7.9% | 1.3% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 4.5 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 4.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 7 mi | 52.8 | 33% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 9.6 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Lure 7,877 · 10.6 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,419 · 10.8 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
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 Breuchotte
What is the population of Breuchotte?
299 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (306).
How old are Breuchotte’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Breuchotte?
14, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Breuchotte?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Breuchotte?
€24,610 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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