A median age of 52.9: Orgelet is older than 91% of compared French towns
In Orgelet, 5.9% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The town is home to 1,554 residents in 760 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 39% of households are headed by a retired person. Flats are rarer here than in 54% 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 Orgelet
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orgelet, 11% of its 930 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Orgelet’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
On households without a car, Orgelet sits lower than 55% of compared French towns: 9.7%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7% of homes stand empty. 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 11% in the town.
−2% since 2012: slower than 80% 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 ±0%, then −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Orgelet, 33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% 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
■ Orgelet 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 19% of households are couples with children
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
43% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Each household has 1.9 people on average. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,930 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €25,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 73% of compared French towns: 11%. 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).
Fewer immigrants than 68% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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.
Here 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 married residents than 81% of compared French towns: 38%
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: 24%, below 63% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Orgelet. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Orgelet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orgelet | 52.9 | 33% | 11% | 4.5% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 11 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 11.6 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 15 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 16.7 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
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 Orgelet
What is the population of Orgelet?
1,554 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,593).
How old are Orgelet’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orgelet?
110, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orgelet?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orgelet?
€25,930 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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