Photo: A.BourgeoisP · CC BY 4.0More one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 48%
The share of households without a car tops 88% of compared French towns: 22%. 51% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 20%, more than in 84% of compared French towns. Lure had 7,877 residents in 3,830 households at the 2023 census.
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 Lure
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lure had 8,423 residents at the 2012 census and 7,877 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Lure’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 92% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 81% 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
■ Lure 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 61% of compared French towns: 24%. The median age in Lure is 44.2, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Lure, 18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 81% 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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. 9.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
22% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 14% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in 82% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. One household in five has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Median standard of living: €21,930 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 25.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns, at 5.6%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Lure has 36%. The usual figure: 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: 11%, a higher share than 74% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (7.8%), Lure is above 73% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 85% 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
By its share of single residents (29%), Lure is above 76% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 30% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 fifth of Lure’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 30% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (7,766 to 7,987 people), the 17th 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.
The youngest is Corte (28.3), the oldest Lège-Cap-Ferret (57.7).
No nearby town is as young as Lure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lure | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 6.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 8.4 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 10.8 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 14.3 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 14.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Essert 3,417 · 15.4 mi | 44.9 | 26% | 1.5% | 11% |
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 Lure
What is the population of Lure?
7,877 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (8,423).
How old are Lure’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lure?
83, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lure?
INSEE counts 860 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 610 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lure?
€21,930 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 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.