A higher share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%
With households headed by a manual worker at 24%, Corbenay is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. Half of the town’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,248 residents and 570 households locally. Put another way, about one in six: 16% 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 Corbenay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Corbenay had 1,314 residents at the 2012 census and 1,248 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 88% of compared French towns: Corbenay changed by −5% since 2012
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 change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
In Corbenay, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 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
■ Corbenay 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Corbenay, 9.8%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Corbenay ranks below 75% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Only 7.2% of households have no car in Corbenay
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
One household in 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). More empty homes than in 71% of compared French towns: 8.8%. Second homes: 2% of the total.
At the median, €23,110 a year to live on
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.
Half of Corbenay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns: 39%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 7% in Corbenay and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a third 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).
Corbenay: 7.4% 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.
That is higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%. Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (7.4%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 3.9%, about the same as 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.
Married residents: 44%, a higher share than 56% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Corbenay, 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 87% of compared French towns: 28%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 1,248 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Corbenay and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbenay | 48.5 | 25% | 2% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 2.5 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 3.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 5.6 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 8.3 mi | 52.8 | 33% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 11.2 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Remiremont 7,388 · 14.8 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3% | 9.1% |
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 Corbenay
What is the population of Corbenay?
1,248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,314).
How old are Corbenay’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corbenay?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corbenay?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corbenay?
€23,110 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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