2.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 98% of compared French towns
The figure for single-parent households is 5.3% in Mignovillard and 10% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.1%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. The town had 902 residents in 380 households at the 2023 census. In Mignovillard, 9.7% of homes stand empty.
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 Mignovillard
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mignovillard, 11% of its 480 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of households in social housing is 8.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, 5.5% of households have no car, a lower share than in 84% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 18% of homes are flats in Mignovillard.
A growing town: +16% since 2012, faster than 84% 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: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
In Mignovillard, 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 87% 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
■ Mignovillard 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Mignovillard’s residents are under 40.2, younger than in 78% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Mignovillard: 32% of households are couples with children, above 84% 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 2.4 people on average. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. In Mignovillard, just over a third of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €31,430 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,430 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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
In Mignovillard, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.8% of residents are immigrants, below 83% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Mignovillard comes in at 2.2%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Mignovillard sits above 88% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Mignovillard ranks below 69% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification here. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest 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).
2 of 3 neighbors are older than Mignovillard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mignovillard | 40.2 | 16% | 11% | 2.8% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 10.6 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 13.7 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 14.3 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
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 Mignovillard
What is the population of Mignovillard?
902 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (776).
How old are Mignovillard’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mignovillard?
52, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mignovillard?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mignovillard?
€31,430 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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