Half of Montagney is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Montagney is home to 488 residents in 190 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats account for 5.3%. Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Montagney has 2.7%.
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 Montagney
An older town
Half of Montagney’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montagney had 517 residents at the 2012 census and 488 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 90% 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
The median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in Montagney, more than in 91% 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
■ Montagney 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. 32% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 4% in Montagney, less 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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 82% of compared French towns. 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 9.5% in Montagney.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,190 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.
At €27,190 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 96% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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 retired person: 34%, above 61% of compared French towns. 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in five. Measured more widely, 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).
Montagney ranks below 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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, Montagney has 0.6%. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Montagney has 48%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 17% in Montagney, less than in 60% 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
Across Montagney, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 488 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Montagney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagney | 54.8 | 33% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 10 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Gray 5,365 · 11.2 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Auxonne 7,581 · 13.9 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 14 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 14.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 15.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
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 Montagney
What is the population of Montagney?
488 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (517).
How old are Montagney’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montagney?
22, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montagney?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montagney?
€27,190 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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