A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7%
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Navenne, 0.5%. There were 760 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,579 residents. About one in five: that is how common couples with children are in Navenne (20%). The town has more households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns, at 38%.
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 Navenne
Fewer residents than in 2012
Navenne had 1,727 residents at the 2012 census and 1,579 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −9% since 2012, behind 96% 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 first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −5%.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Navenne is over 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Navenne 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Navenne comes in at 27%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
One-person households: 41%, a higher share than 71% 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
Households average 2 people. 7.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 7.6% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
Here 23% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM). About one in ten: that is how common households without a car are in Navenne (9.6%).
Standard of living at the median: €27,670 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 €27,670 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Navenne, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 74% 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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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).
Immigrants make up 5.5% in Navenne, less than in 59% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 48% of residents 15 and over are married
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
The share of single residents is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Navenne, less than in 68% 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
Nearly a third of Navenne’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 16% have no diploma (19%).
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,579 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Navenne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navenne | 50.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.5% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 1.1 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 1.1 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 7.6 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Lure 7,877 · 16.6 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 17.4 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
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 Navenne
What is the population of Navenne?
1,579 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,727).
How old are Navenne’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Navenne?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Navenne?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Navenne?
€27,670 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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