A higher share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 54%
2.2% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. There were 83 households in Les Moussières at the 2023 Census, home to 174 residents. Here, 5.3% of households are single parents. On households headed by a manager or professional, Les Moussières sits higher than 89% of compared French towns: 21%.
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 Les Moussières
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Moussières, 54% of its 190 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 61% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Moussières had 190 residents at the 2012 census and 174 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
3.1% of households have no car, below 98% 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
Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more. Few places have as many flats: 38% here, more than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Here 9.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 95% 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 −4% for the median Jura town, the change came in two steps: −12% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Half of Les Moussières is over 46.3, older than 65% 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
■ Les Moussières 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Les Moussières. At 22%, residents aged 65 and over sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 77% of compared French towns: 42%
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Les Moussières comes in at 26%.
Standard of living at the median: €28,010 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 median standard of living in Les Moussières is €28,010 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 26% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Les Moussières comes in at 16%. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Les Moussières: 6.9% of residents are foreign nationals, above 69% 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 Jura has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (6.9%). To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Les Moussières, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 74% 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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 59% 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: 30% of the total. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 174 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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).
Les Moussières and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Moussières | 46.3 | 22% | 54% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 4.6 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Thoiry 6,569 · 7.6 mi | 39 | 13% | 6.1% | 34% |
| Gex 13,627 · 8.3 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
| Saint-Genis-Pouilly 14,432 · 8.6 mi | 33.9 | 9% | 6.2% | 41% |
| Cessy 5,832 · 8.8 mi | 36.9 | 10% | 4.4% | 22% |
| Ségny 2,941 · 9.2 mi | 34.8 | 11% | 4.7% | 30% |
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 Les Moussières
What is the population of Les Moussières?
174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (190).
How old are Les Moussières’ residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Moussières?
100, with occasional dwellings: 54% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Moussières?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Moussières?
€28,010 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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