A median age of 59: Servance-Miellin is older than 98% of compared French towns
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker in Servance-Miellin. The town’s 410 households held 759 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 9.5% of homes are flats in the town. One-person households are more common here than in 73% 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 Servance-Miellin
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Servance-Miellin, 29% of its 690 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Servance-Miellin’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Servance-Miellin had 891 residents at the 2012 census and 759 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 82 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 29%, a higher share than 95% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 12% of homes stand empty in Servance-Miellin. Still, this Haute-Saône town has fewer households in social housing than 80% of compared French towns, at 6.3%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 6.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 41% have stayed 30 years or more.
Servance-Miellin’s population moved −15% on 2012, less than in 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Saône town −5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Servance-Miellin 59. The median compared French town: 44.
6% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 15% of households are couples with children in Servance-Miellin
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
On average, 1.8 people share a household. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.1% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,590 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 Servance-Miellin is €21,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 94% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Servance-Miellin has 4.8%. To put it in context, 32% 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).
Servance-Miellin sits below 83% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.8%)
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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. About one in 45: that is how common foreign nationals are in Servance-Miellin (2.2%). The wider picture: 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 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Servance-Miellin, 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
Graduates of higher education: 18%, below 90% of compared French towns. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Servance-Miellin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servance-Miellin | 59 | 40% | 29% | 2.8% |
| Le Thillot 3,167 · 5.7 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 8.1% | 10% |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,419 · 7.9 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 8.1 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Giromagny 2,907 · 8.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 8.3 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte 2,566 · 10.2 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 21% | 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 Servance-Miellin
What is the population of Servance-Miellin?
759 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (891).
How old are Servance-Miellin’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Servance-Miellin?
200, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Servance-Miellin?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Servance-Miellin?
€21,590 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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