More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 64%
Here 3.6% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. There were 58 households in Vanne at the 2023 Census, home to 123 residents. The census found that 18% of households are single parents in the town. The median age in the town is 49.3, higher than in four fifths 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 Vanne
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vanne, 23% of its 89 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 76% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Vanne had 93 residents at the 2012 census and 123 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 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.
Only 1.3% of homes are flats in Vanne
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On the census count, just over one in ten homes stand empty. Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Vanne comes in at 23%.
Vanne’s population changed by +32% since 2012, more than in 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%. The first five years brought +11%; the six to 2023, +19%.
Vanne: 30% of residents are 65 or over, above 85% 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
■ Vanne 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 81% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 36%, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €24,550 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,550 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Vanne sits above 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (18%)
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 manual worker: 9.1% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, below 96% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. On the census count, 2.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 79% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Vanne has 40%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Vanne sits above 84% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (27%)
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vanne. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (123 to 2,582 people), the 14th oldest
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.
Vanne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanne | 49.3 | 30% | 23% | 2.6% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 11 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 14 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 15 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Gray 5,365 · 16.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
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 Vanne
What is the population of Vanne?
123 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (93).
How old are Vanne’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vanne?
20, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vanne?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vanne?
€24,550 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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