Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Savoyeux is over 56.8
1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Savoyeux is home to 200 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 4.5% locally. 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 Savoyeux
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Savoyeux, 16% of its 150 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Savoyeux’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Savoyeux had 227 residents at the 2012 census and 200 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Savoyeux’s households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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
The share of flats trails 79% of compared French towns: 14%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Across Savoyeux, 13% of homes stand empty.
Savoyeux changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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 −7%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35%, a higher share than 94% 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
■ Savoyeux 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 89% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
The average household has 1.8 people. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €23,770 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 Savoyeux is €23,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 73% of compared French towns: 37%
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
On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.5% of Savoyeux’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 37% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, below 92% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.5%, below 72% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
Fewer single residents than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
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
On the census count, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns: 16%
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
With adults with no qualification at 33%, Savoyeux is ahead of 97% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 200 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.
No nearby town is as old as Savoyeux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savoyeux | 56.8 | 35% | 16% | 2% |
| Gray 5,365 · 10.2 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 16.9 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 Savoyeux
What is the population of Savoyeux?
200 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (227).
How old are Savoyeux’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Savoyeux?
25, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Savoyeux?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Savoyeux?
€23,770 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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