Briaucourt is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.3
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 256 people lived in Briaucourt, in 120 households. Across Briaucourt, 3.6% of homes are flats. 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%.
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 Briaucourt
An older town
Half of Briaucourt’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Briaucourt behind 53% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, +7%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%, a lower 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
■ Briaucourt 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 69% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. There are 2.1 people in the average household. The figure for couples with children is 24% in Briaucourt and 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of second homes than 83% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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
5% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,670 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,670 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 56%, a higher share than 99% 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: 4%, below 98% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Briaucourt ranks below 96% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.6%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.2%, Briaucourt is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Briaucourt has 47%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Briaucourt, less than in 73% of compared French towns
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 share of adults with no qualification tops 74% of compared French towns: 24%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 256 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Briaucourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briaucourt | 53.3 | 26% | 7.1% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 4.5 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 6 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 8.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 13.4 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 13.8 mi | 52.8 | 33% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 14.2 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Briaucourt
What is the population of Briaucourt?
256 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (246).
How old are Briaucourt’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Briaucourt?
10, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Briaucourt?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Briaucourt?
€24,670 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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