Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of La Longine is over 58.7
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. La Longine had 192 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 16% of homes stand empty. Couples with children make up 18%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
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 La Longine
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Longine, 22% of its 170 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 81% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Longine’s residents are under 58.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Longine had 239 residents at the 2012 census and 192 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
49% of La Longine’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In La Longine, 22% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 44%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 15% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: La Longine changed by −20% since 2012
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 −5% and the next six −15%.
La Longine ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Longine 58.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8% in La Longine and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
49% of households are one person living alone, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people.
A typical living standard of €19,030 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.
The median standard of living in La Longine is €19,030 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
La Longine: 38% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 38% in La Longine. Measured more widely, 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).
4.7% of residents are immigrants, below 66% 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.
Here, 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
In La Longine, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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
Here 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 7.1% in La Longine, less than in 99% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 44% of adults out of school have no qualification here. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than La Longine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Longine | 58.7 | 38% | 22% | 4.7% |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,419 · 4.2 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 5.6 mi | 52.8 | 33% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| Le Thillot 3,167 · 8.1 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 8.1% | 10% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 8.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Remiremont 7,388 · 8.8 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 9.7 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
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 La Longine
What is the population of La Longine?
192 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (239).
How old are La Longine’s residents?
The median age is 58.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Longine?
37, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Longine?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Longine?
€19,030 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.