38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
In Franchevelle, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 491 people lived here, in 200 households. 3.9% of homes are flats, or about one in 26.
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 Franchevelle
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Franchevelle outgrew 82% of compared French towns: +15%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +15%.
A median age of 40.8: Franchevelle is younger than 74% 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
■ Franchevelle 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
One-person households: 21%, a lower share than 99% 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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.3% here, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.4%
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
The figure for empty homes is 10% in Franchevelle and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%. Census figures put second homes at 4.1% here.
At the median, €27,370 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 Franchevelle’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,370 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Franchevelle sits above 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (21%)
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: 9.3% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.1%, a lower share than 90% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.4%, Franchevelle is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Franchevelle, less than in 93% 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
Census figures put married residents at 42% in Franchevelle. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 82% 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
A third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 491 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
No nearby town is as young as Franchevelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franchevelle | 40.8 | 18% | 4.1% | 2.1% |
| Lure 7,877 · 4.8 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 6.2 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 8.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 10 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 10.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 12.9 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 Franchevelle
What is the population of Franchevelle?
491 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (426).
How old are Franchevelle’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Franchevelle?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Franchevelle?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Franchevelle?
€27,370 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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