A median age of 53: Montdoré is older than 91% of compared French towns
In Montdoré, 14% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 8% of homes are flats locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Haute-Saône town is home to 69 residents in 35 households, by 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 Montdoré
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montdoré, 24% of its 61 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Montdoré’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 24%, a higher share than 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
17% of households moved in less than two years ago; 14% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. More empty homes than in 98% of compared French towns: 18%. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Montdoré, 5.6%.
From 2012 to 2023, Montdoré outgrew 73% of compared French towns: +11%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +18%, then −5% to 2023.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montdoré 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
One-person households: 43%, a higher share than 79% 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Montdoré: 43% of households are headed by a retired person, above 90% 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
In Montdoré, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 32% 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).
Foreign nationals make up 11% in Montdoré, more than in 85% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are immigrants here. Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 lower share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 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
Married residents: 45%, above two thirds of compared French towns. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 21%
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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Montdoré (30%). For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (69 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Montdoré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montdoré | 53 | 30% | 24% | 11% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 9.2 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 15.2 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 15.4 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 16.3 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 16.6 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 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 Montdoré
What is the population of Montdoré?
69 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (62).
How old are Montdoré’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montdoré?
15, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montdoré?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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