Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Marcel is over 55.8
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 9% of homes are second homes in Saint-Marcel. The town had 90 residents in 45 households at the 2023 census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 11%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% 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 Saint-Marcel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Marcel had 107 residents at the 2012 census and 90 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Marcel’s residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −16% since 2012 leaves Saint-Marcel behind 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 −13%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32%, a higher share 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
■ Saint-Marcel 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Saint-Marcel is above just over three quarters of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Marcel sits below 64% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone here. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
Empty homes: 18%, a higher share than 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.4% of households have no car.
Saint-Marcel: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 91% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Saint-Marcel has 11%. 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 60% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
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.
7.7% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-Marcel, 37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 83% 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 make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
7.7% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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 Saint-Marcel, 35% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 90 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.
Saint-Marcel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel | 55.8 | 32% | 9% | 7.7% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 14 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 Saint-Marcel
What is the population of Saint-Marcel?
90 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (107).
How old are Saint-Marcel’s residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Marcel?
6, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Marcel?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (5.5%). 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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