Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.6%
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Vregille comes in at 9.9%. The town had 178 residents in 81 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in two: half of households are headed by a retired person. At 4.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 88% 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.
Vregille changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 60% 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
The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Vregille is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vregille 47. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Vregille, 25%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the same time, with couples with children at 31%, Vregille is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count.
In Vregille, 6.6% of homes are second homes, more than in 82% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 4.4% in Vregille. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,520 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 midpoint of living standards here is €30,520 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
In Vregille, 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 74% 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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Vregille, 0.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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 Vregille, just over half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Vregille, 41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 82% 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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Vregille has 14%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Vregille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vregille | 47 | 25% | 6.6% | 0.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 3.4 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 5.6 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 7.9 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 8.9 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 10.3 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
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 Vregille
What is the population of Vregille?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (174).
How old are Vregille’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vregille?
6, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vregille?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vregille?
€30,520 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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