Households without a car: 1.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
55% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 3.4% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 27%, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. Cornot had 132 residents in 60 households at the 2023 census.
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 Cornot
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cornot, 16% of its 84 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cornot had 144 residents at the 2012 census and 132 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Cornot’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cornot ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 16%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 13% of homes stand empty in Cornot. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 95% 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 −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Cornot is over 52
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cornot 52. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). For Cornot, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children
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 about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 9.1%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
A median of €25,040 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €25,040 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.1% in Cornot, less than in 82% of compared French towns
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. Elsewhere, 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).
Cornot ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.8%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
40% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Cornot sits above 77% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (25%)
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 graduates of higher education trails 72% of compared French towns: 24%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 132 to 2,582 people: this is the 9th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Cornot
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornot | 52 | 31% | 16% | 0.8% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 9.7 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 15.5 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 15.8 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Cornot
What is the population of Cornot?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (144).
How old are Cornot’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cornot?
13, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cornot?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% 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 Cornot?
€25,040 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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