Recanoz ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Recanoz had 94 residents in 40 households at the 2023 census. Second homes: 7.9% of the total. In Recanoz, 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Recanoz
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 61% 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
Over those years, the median Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Recanoz 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Recanoz is 44.7, higher than in 54% 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
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Recanoz ranks below 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are single parents here. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 5.9% of homes are flats
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
5.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 14% here, more than in 93% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 38% in Recanoz, more than in 99% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Recanoz. Across the comparison, 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).
Foreign nationals: 2.2%, a lower share than 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Recanoz has 4.3%. That is lower than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Recanoz sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
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
For Recanoz, the census puts married residents at 42%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Recanoz ranks below 70% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 94 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Recanoz
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recanoz | 44.7 | 20% | 7.9% | 4.3% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 8.8 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 9.4 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 9.4 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 14.2 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Tavaux 3,888 · 17.1 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 4.4% |
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 Recanoz
What is the population of Recanoz?
94 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (92).
How old are Recanoz’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Recanoz?
4, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Recanoz?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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