A smaller share of flats than 94% of compared French towns: 5.9%
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 4.5% in Citers. In Citers, 6.5% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 340 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 765 residents.
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 Citers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Citers had 825 residents at the 2012 census and 765 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Citers changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 93% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Saône town −5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Half of Citers is over 46.9, older than 69% 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
■ Citers 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Citers comes in at 24%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 72% of compared French towns: 31%
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, 2.3 people share a household. Few places have as many couples with children: 27% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 70% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across Citers, 5.6% of homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €25,000 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.
Living standards centre on €25,000 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Citers, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (15%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.2% of residents are immigrants
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 98% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Census figures put foreign nationals at 0.8% in Citers.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Citers, less than in 91% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 49% of residents 15 and over are married here. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer 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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 765 to 2,582
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.
Around Citers, 3 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citers | 46.9 | 24% | 6.5% | 1.2% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 5.1 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Lure 7,877 · 6 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 9.7 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 10.8 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 11.5 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 12.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
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 Citers
What is the population of Citers?
765 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (825).
How old are Citers’ residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Citers?
25, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Citers?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Citers?
€25,000 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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