36% of households are couples with children, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Verlans was home to 166 people in 68 households. Put another way, about one in 24: 4.1% of homes are flats. Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are headed by a manager or professional here.
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 Verlans
Fewer residents than in 2012
Verlans had 185 residents at the 2012 census and 166 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Verlans 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.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verlans 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.5, Verlans is older than 72% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Verlans, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
7.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 88% 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Verlans sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 29%.
Verlans sits below 81% of compared French towns for households without a car (5.9%)
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
8.1% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 1.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 31%.
Standard of living at the median: €28,360 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.
At €28,360 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Only 21% of households are headed by a retired person in Verlans
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 88% of compared French towns: 21%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 91% of compared French towns: 1.2%. Set beside 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.
59% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
A fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Verlans, 9.2% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 97% 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 make up 46%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 166 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Verlans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verlans | 47.5 | 16% | 0% | 1.2% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 1.9 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 4.5 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 5.5 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 5.5 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Châtenois-les-Forges 2,608 · 6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 6.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
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 Verlans
What is the population of Verlans?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (185).
How old are Verlans’ residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verlans?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verlans?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verlans?
€28,360 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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