Colombotte ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 67%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 9.1% of homes are flats in Colombotte. On households without a car, Colombotte sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 4%. 66 residents in 25 households: that is Colombotte at the 2023 Census. Census figures put second homes at 9.2% here.
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 Colombotte
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Colombotte’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 63% 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 +31%; from 2017 to 2023, −22%.
Colombotte sits below 85% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (16%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Colombotte 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Colombotte and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns.
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%.
Colombotte: 33% of households are couples with children, above 88% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. A household here holds 2.7 people on average. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, a third of households are one person living alone here.
Empty homes make up 15% in Colombotte, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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. Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8% (under two years). Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: retired (67%)
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 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 13: that is how common immigrants are in Colombotte (7.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Colombotte, 57% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
With single residents at 23%, Colombotte is behind nearly three quarters of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Colombotte sits below 80% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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: 15%, below 72% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (66 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Colombotte is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombotte | 42.5 | 16% | 9.2% | 7.5% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 6.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 7.9 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Lure 7,877 · 10.1 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 11.4 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 11.5 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 15.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
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 Colombotte
What is the population of Colombotte?
66 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (65).
How old are Colombotte’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Colombotte?
3, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Colombotte?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (7.5%). 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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