Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Gouhenans is over 54.2
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 40: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Gouhenans (2.5%). The town’s 170 households held 357 residents at the 2023 Census. By its share of flats (7.5%), Gouhenans is below 91% 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 Gouhenans
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gouhenans had 433 residents at the 2012 census and 357 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Gouhenans’ residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gouhenans changed by −18% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Haute-Saône. Here the change came as −10% to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
Only 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Gouhenans
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gouhenans 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 82% 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
Here 37% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in 63% of compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
6.4% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households without a car: 6.2% of the total.
At the median, €24,480 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.
At €24,480 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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 share of households headed by a manual worker tops 99% of compared French towns: 30%. Set beside that, 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).
In Gouhenans, 1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 51% and 7.3%, and 9.3% are widowed. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns, at 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
Graduates of higher education make up 18%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 357 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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).
Gouhenans is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouhenans | 54.2 | 29% | 6.4% | 1.4% |
| Lure 7,877 · 5.5 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 9.9 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 11.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 12.2 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 13.4 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 14.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
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 Gouhenans
What is the population of Gouhenans?
357 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (433).
How old are Gouhenans’ residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gouhenans?
14, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gouhenans?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gouhenans?
€24,480 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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