Households in social housing make up 1.7% in Pagney, less than in 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Pagney, 31%. The 2023 Census counted 392 residents in 180 households. 16% of homes are flats. The median age in the town is 41.6, lower than in just over two thirds 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.
Slower growth than 55% of compared French towns: Pagney changed by +4% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Jura town −4%. The first five years brought −14%; the six to 2023, +21%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%, a lower share than 92% 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
■ Pagney 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Pagney ranks above 67% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 11%
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 2.2 people on average. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. The share of one-person households is 36%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Only 7.8% of households have no car in Pagney
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
Long tenure is the mark of 13% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.5% (under two years). As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.1%.
At the median, €24,790 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 €24,790 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.6% in Pagney, less than in 80% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Pagney, 39%. Elsewhere, 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).
Immigrants make up 3.9% in Pagney, less than in 74% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 3.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 76% 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
41% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 78% 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 come to 18% in Pagney, about two in ten. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 392 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Pagney, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pagney | 41.6 | 21% | 3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 6.9 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 12.6 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 13.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 13.5 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Gray 5,365 · 14.2 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 14.7 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
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 Pagney
What is the population of Pagney?
392 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (378).
How old are Pagney’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pagney?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pagney?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pagney?
€24,790 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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