Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Brotte-lès-Ray is over 63.8
Here 100% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. At 14%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. There were 34 households in Brotte-lès-Ray at the 2023 Census, home to 61 residents. Locally, 2.6% of homes are flats.
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 Brotte-lès-Ray
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brotte-lès-Ray, 13% of its 39 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Brotte-lès-Ray’s residents are under 63.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brotte-lès-Ray had 74 residents at the 2012 census and 61 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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 five, where the median compared French town has 11%. Brotte-lès-Ray has more households without a car than 84% of compared French towns, at 21%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 47%.
Slower than most: −18% since 2012, behind 99% 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 +1% to 2017, then −19% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Haute-Saône.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 49%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brotte-lès-Ray 63.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Brotte-lès-Ray: 43% of households are one person living alone, above 79% 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
Households here average 1.8 people each. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (100%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, below 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 63: 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 26%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 61 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Brotte-lès-Ray (63.8), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Brotte-lès-Ray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brotte-lès-Ray | 63.8 | 49% | 13% | 1.6% |
| Gray 5,365 · 13.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 15.4 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
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 Brotte-lès-Ray
What is the population of Brotte-lès-Ray?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (74).
How old are Brotte-lès-Ray’s residents?
The median age is 63.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.8% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brotte-lès-Ray?
5, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brotte-lès-Ray?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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