A median age of 53.8: Germigney is older than 92% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 2.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Germigney had 145 residents in 71 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 1% of homes are flats in the town. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 20% here, more 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 Germigney
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Germigney, 11% of its 92 homes: higher than in 89% 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
Germigney had 176 residents at the 2012 census and 145 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Germigney’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Germigney, 11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Germigney comes in at 11%. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 33% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Germigney’s population moved −18% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Haute-Saône town, the change came in two steps: −9% from 2012 to 2017, then −10% to 2023.
In Germigney, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 94% 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
■ Germigney 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Germigney comes in at 27%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Germigney. Couples with children account for 27%. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€25,410 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,410 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 40% in Germigney, more than in 83% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 6.7%, Germigney is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.3%, a lower share than 98% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Germigney has 1.3%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 Germigney, 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 Germigney. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Germigney comes in at 17%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Germigney
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germigney | 53.8 | 27% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Gray 5,365 · 5.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Auxonne 7,581 · 14.4 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 16.9 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Genlis 5,093 · 17.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 3.7% |
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 Germigney
What is the population of Germigney?
145 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (176).
How old are Germigney’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Germigney?
10, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Germigney?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Germigney?
€25,410 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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