2.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% of compared French towns
A quarter of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. There were 21 households in Courbette at the 2023 Census, home to 44 residents. Census figures put second homes at 4.5% in the town. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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 Courbette
Many people living alone
50% of Courbette’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 63% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +5% since 2012, behind 50% 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 +21% from 2012 to 2017 and −14% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Courbette is over 48.5, older than 77% 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
■ Courbette 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Courbette is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 64 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Courbette sits above 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (50%)
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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
13% of homes stand empty, more than in 92% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households without a car make up about one in seven here (15%). To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more 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 retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten 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% of residents in Courbette are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 6.2% of residents 15 and over are married in Courbette
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
Single residents: 34%, above 91% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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
31% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 44 to 2,582 people
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).
Of the 4 towns nearest Courbette, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courbette | 48.5 | 20% | 4.5% | 0% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 5.3 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 5.9 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 16.2 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 17.8 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
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 Courbette
What is the population of Courbette?
44 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (42).
How old are Courbette’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courbette?
1, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courbette?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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