A higher share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns, at 36%
Here just over one in ten homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Courcuire had 138 residents in 56 households at the 2023 census. 45% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in two. Empty homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Courcuire
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Courcuire’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 70% 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
The median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six +8%.
Younger than 90% of compared French towns: half of Courcuire is under 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courcuire 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 16% of residents are 65 or over in Courcuire.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Courcuire, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 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. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
A town of second homes: 4.6% of its homes
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. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,120 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.
At €24,120 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Courcuire ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%
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. The wider picture: 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).
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
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 just over three fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Courcuire has 53%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Courcuire sits above 59% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (33%)
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
Locally, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 138 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Courcuire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcuire | 37.5 | 16% | 4.6% | 5.2% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 7 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 8.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 9.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 10.9 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 11.3 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 12.5 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
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 Courcuire
What is the population of Courcuire?
138 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (138).
How old are Courcuire’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcuire?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcuire?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcuire?
€24,120 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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