In Romain, 9.6% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of households have no car here. Romain has fewer flats than 91% of compared French towns, at 7.5%. There were 96 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 249 residents. The share of one-person households stands at 21%.
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 Romain
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Romain’s residents are under 36.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 9.6% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Romain had 208 residents at the 2012 census and 249 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Romain outgrew 90% of compared French towns: +20%
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 −2% and the next six +22%.
Younger than 93% of compared French towns: half of Romain is under 36.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Romain 36.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Romain is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
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 2.6 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Second homes make up 4.7% in Romain, more than in 75% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 5.6% in Romain. What’s more, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €28,050 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,050 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 80% of compared French towns: 26%. Measured more widely, 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).
Romain sits below 88% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.4%)
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: 1.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Romain ranks below 99% of compared French towns on 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Romain has 48%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns, at 11%
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, 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Romain. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 249 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.
The youngest is Romain (36.6), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Romain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romain | 36.6 | 9.6% | 4.7% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 4.8 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 12.9 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 13.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 13.4 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Dole 23,840 · 13.7 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 2% | 13% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 14.1 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 Romain
What is the population of Romain?
249 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (208).
How old are Romain’s residents?
The median age is 36.6, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 9.6% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Romain?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Romain?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Romain?
€28,050 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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