Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% in Vouhenans, less than in 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Vouhenans’s population at 379, in 170 households. Flats: 6.9% of the total. One-person households: 26%, below 91% 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 Vouhenans
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vouhenans changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 72% 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 those years, the median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then +2% to 2023.
A median age of 47.3: Vouhenans is older than 71% 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
■ Vouhenans 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
For Vouhenans, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
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%.
Couples with children make up 30% in Vouhenans, more than in 75% 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
By its share of single-parent households (8.8%), Vouhenans is below 69% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 4.6% in Vouhenans, less than in 91% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns. Here 3.1% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Half above, half below €26,200 a year in standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,200 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Vouhenans, 5.9% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 94% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6%, below 76% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vouhenans ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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 make up 1.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Vouhenans has 45%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Vouhenans ranks above 60% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 33%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 379 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Vouhenans, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouhenans | 47.3 | 23% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| Lure 7,877 · 2.5 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 7.9 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 9.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 12.6 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 13.9 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 14.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
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 Vouhenans
What is the population of Vouhenans?
379 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (381).
How old are Vouhenans’ residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vouhenans?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vouhenans?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vouhenans?
€26,200 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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