Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Rupt-sur-Saône is over 59.5
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 106 residents and 59 households in Rupt-sur-Saône. The census found that 8.3% of households have no car here. 8% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
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 Rupt-sur-Saône
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rupt-sur-Saône, 27% of its 91 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 Rupt-sur-Saône’s residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rupt-sur-Saône had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 106 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Rupt-sur-Saône’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 27% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Haute-Saône town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Rupt-sur-Saône ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 1.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rupt-sur-Saône 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 39%, Rupt-sur-Saône is ahead of 97% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 50% in Rupt-sur-Saône, more than in 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
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €27,290 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 median standard of living in Rupt-sur-Saône is €27,290 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Rupt-sur-Saône: 67% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.9% of residents are immigrants, below 93% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 82% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Rupt-sur-Saône
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
Roughly two in ten: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 106 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.
Rupt-sur-Saône is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rupt-sur-Saône | 59.5 | 39% | 27% | 1.9% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 5.9 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 10.1 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 10.7 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Rupt-sur-Saône
What is the population of Rupt-sur-Saône?
106 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Rupt-sur-Saône’s residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rupt-sur-Saône?
25, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rupt-sur-Saône?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rupt-sur-Saône?
€27,290 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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