17% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Oppenans has 6.2%. 65 residents in 31 households: that is Oppenans at the 2023 Census. For Oppenans, the census puts households without a car at 3.2%. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Oppenans
An older town
Half of Oppenans’ residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Oppenans has grown +5%, faster than 50% 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 −15%; from 2017 to 2023, +23%.
A median age of 52.8: Oppenans is older than 90% 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
■ Oppenans 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 35% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Oppenans: 33% of households are couples with children, above 88% 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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
3% of homes are flats, below 98% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Oppenans comes in at 3%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Oppenans sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (33%)
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
17% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.7% of residents are immigrants, a share 58% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in 58% of compared French towns. 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Oppenans: 63% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
The figure for single residents is 21% in Oppenans and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 23% in Oppenans and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 65 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Oppenans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppenans | 52.8 | 35% | 3% | 7.7% |
| Lure 7,877 · 8.6 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 10.6 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 11.3 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 13.8 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 14.1 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 15.8 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 Oppenans
What is the population of Oppenans?
65 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (62).
How old are Oppenans’ residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oppenans?
1, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oppenans?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (4.6%). 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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