A median age of 60: Preigney is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 113 residents and 61 households in Preigney. 14% of households are couples with children, or about one in seven. Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of homes are flats here.
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 Preigney
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Preigney, 33% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Preigney’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Preigney’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 33% of its homes
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Preigney. For Preigney, the census puts households without a car at 7.9%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Preigney has changed by −3%, slower than 83% 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
Here the change came as −8% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Preigney sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (41%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Preigney 60. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Preigney: 50% of households are one person living alone, above 94% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households average 1.8 people. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,200 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,200 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Preigney: 71% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 90% of compared French towns: 7.1%. Typically, nearly a third 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).
Above 64% of compared French towns: 6% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Preigney (6.9%). That is higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%. Across the comparison, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Preigney, 35% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 98% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Preigney.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 113 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.
Preigney and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preigney | 60 | 41% | 33% | 6.9% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 13.5 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
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 Preigney
What is the population of Preigney?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (117).
How old are Preigney’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Preigney?
36, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Preigney?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Preigney?
€23,200 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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