Recologne is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 65.6
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 4.2% of homes are flats here. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 67% in Recologne. On one-person households, Recologne sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 33%.
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 Recologne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Recologne, 29% of its 27 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 Recologne’s residents are under 65.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 59% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 0% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Recologne had 37 residents at the 2012 census and 30 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 29% of homes are second 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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
−19% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 −14%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 59%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Recologne 65.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
19 households; 33% are one person
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. There are 1.6 people in the average household.
The largest group of households: retired (67%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 15%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Recologne has 7.4%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents: 63%, a higher share than 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Recologne comes in at 19%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Recologne ranks below 97% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 15%
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
Adults with no qualification: nearly a fifth of the total. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 30 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Recologne the oldest (65.6).
Every neighbor is younger than Recologne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recologne | 65.6 | 59% | 29% | 15% |
| Gray 5,365 · 12.9 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 14.4 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 17 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
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 Recologne
What is the population of Recologne?
30 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (37).
How old are Recologne’s residents?
The median age is 65.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 0% are under 18 and 59% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Recologne?
8, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Recologne?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (7.4%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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