Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.1% in Cuisia, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 30% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Cuisia had 386 residents in 180 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put flats at 2.4% locally. One in ten homes are second homes, more than in 88% 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 Cuisia
An older town
Half of Cuisia’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 82% of compared French towns grew faster than Cuisia: −3%
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 median Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −2%.
Cuisia is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cuisia 51. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 90% of compared French towns: 32%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 19%, a lower share than 78% 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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 8.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. What’s more, just over a third of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 4.5%, a lower share than 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
Empty homes make up 5.1%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 31% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,980 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 €25,980 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 47% of households are headed by a retired person
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
5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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).
6.2% of residents in Cuisia 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 make up about one in 16 here (6.2%). That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%. There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.4%, about the same as 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 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 53% in Cuisia. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 80% 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
Adults with no qualification: 26% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 386 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).
1 in 3 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cuisia
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuisia | 51 | 32% | 9.8% | 6.2% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 10.2 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 11.4 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 12 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
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 Cuisia
What is the population of Cuisia?
386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (399).
How old are Cuisia’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuisia?
21, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuisia?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuisia?
€25,980 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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