Cenans ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.3%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Cenans was home to 133 people in 61 households. Here, 18% of households are single parents. One in ten homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%).
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 Cenans
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cenans, 12% of its 81 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cenans sits above 90% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 1.6% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty in Cenans.
Cenans’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
A median age of 40.7: Cenans is younger than 75% 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
■ Cenans 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Cenans has fewer residents aged 65 and over than just over two thirds of compared French towns, at 19%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 27%, a higher share than 61% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are one person living alone in Cenans.
Half above, half below €24,740 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,740 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Cenans ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 27%
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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Cenans, 27%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cenans ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.5%
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 97% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 34% of residents 15 and over are married
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 share of single residents stands at 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Cenans, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (133 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Cenans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cenans | 40.7 | 19% | 12% | 1.5% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 9.3 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Thise 2,994 · 12 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 12.1 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 13.5 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 14.5 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 14.5 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 Cenans
What is the population of Cenans?
133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (126).
How old are Cenans’ residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cenans?
10, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cenans?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cenans?
€24,740 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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