Couples with children make up 42% in Palante, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Palante has 2.1%. This Haute-Saône town is home to 242 residents in 97 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 27: 3.7% of homes are flats. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Palante
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Palante had 206 residents at the 2012 census and 242 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: Palante grew faster than 87% 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
In two steps, +16% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Haute-Saône.
Palante sits below 79% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Palante 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Palante’s residents are under 43.1, younger than in 57% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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 2.5 people on average. 5.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
More empty homes than 71% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Turnover: 7.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 18% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.7%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,180 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 €27,180 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Palante comes in at 21%. Still, on households headed by a manager or professional, Palante sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 5.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, below 90% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Put another way, about one in 26: 3.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 54% in Palante, more than in 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
Single residents: 19%, below 96% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 27% in Palante, less than in 59% 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
In Palante, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 242 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Palante
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palante | 43.1 | 18% | 1.7% | 3.8% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 3.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Lure 7,877 · 4.3 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 5.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 10.1 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Essert 3,417 · 11.2 mi | 44.9 | 26% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Bavilliers 4,678 · 12 mi | 48.4 | 29% | 0.9% | 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 Palante
What is the population of Palante?
242 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (206).
How old are Palante’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Palante?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Palante?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Palante?
€27,180 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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