0.7% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 6.7%. Relans has fewer one-person households than 76% of compared French towns, at 30%. There were 150 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 348 residents.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 67% of compared French towns grew faster than Relans: +1%
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
The median Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +2%.
Half of Relans is over 46.5, older than 66% 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
■ Relans 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Relans has 20%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Relans sits below 93% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.5%)
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 2.3 people on average. Couples with children are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
1.7% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns
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
Of all households, 4.1% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.2% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,230 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €27,230 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 23%
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, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Relans, 29%. For 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Relans has 1.2%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 71% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Compared with other places, married residents are common here: 44%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Relans ranks below 80% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Relans comes in at 24%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 4 towns nearest Relans, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relans | 46.5 | 20% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 7.2 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 8.3 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 13.5 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 13.6 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
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 Relans
What is the population of Relans?
348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (346).
How old are Relans’ residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Relans?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Relans?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Relans?
€27,230 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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