Nance ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.9%
By its share of one-person households (26%), Nance is below 93% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Nance was home to 544 people in 230 households. The census found that 43% of households are headed by a retired person locally. Second homes are more common here than in 83% 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.
Nance’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 68% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +5% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nance 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Nance. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. With a median age of 47.3, Nance is older than 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Nance, 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 83% 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
Single-parent households make up 8.5%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.7% in Nance. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 4.2% of homes stand empty. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,210 a year in standard of living
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 Nance is €27,210 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.4% in Nance. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2% of residents 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Nance has 0.7%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Fewer single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
By its share of married residents (52%), Nance is above 95% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 55% of compared French towns, at 28%
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 make up about one in six here (18%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 544 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Nance, 1 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nance | 47.3 | 26% | 7.2% | 2% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 6.4 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 7.6 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 12.2 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 14.6 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 Nance
What is the population of Nance?
544 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (497).
How old are Nance’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nance?
19, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nance?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nance?
€27,210 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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