62% of homes are second homes, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of households have no car in Prémanon. 1,265 residents in 550 households: that is Prémanon at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 3.3%. On residents aged 15 to 24, Prémanon sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 8.6%.
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 Prémanon
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 960 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prémanon, 62% of its 1,550 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 30% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 1.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 15% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
A young town
Half of Prémanon’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 9.9% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Prémanon ranks below 98% of compared French towns on empty homes: 2.3%
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 11% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On flats, Prémanon sits higher than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 58%.
+14% since 2012, a pace 79% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Jura town −4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 9.9% in Prémanon, less than in 99% 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
■ Prémanon 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Prémanon’s residents are under 38.7, younger than in 85% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Fewer single-parent households than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €44,700 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.
Living standards centre on €44,700 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Prémanon. 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 87% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third 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).
3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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 lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 43 here (2.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Prémanon, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 81% 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
By its share of married residents (41%), Prémanon is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.5%
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
Here 48% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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).
Prémanon is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prémanon | 38.7 | 9.9% | 62% | 3.7% |
| Les Rousses 3,740 · 2.1 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 48% | 7.6% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 4.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
| Divonne-les-Bains 10,464 · 8.5 mi | 41 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| Gex 13,627 · 8.9 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 9.7 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Cessy 5,832 · 9.9 mi | 36.9 | 10% | 4.4% | 22% |
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 Prémanon
What is the population of Prémanon?
1,265 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,113).
How old are Prémanon’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 9.9% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prémanon?
960, with occasional dwellings: 62% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prémanon?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prémanon?
€44,700 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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