Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Rothonay has 3.5%. There were 60 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 128 residents. For Rothonay, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in just over three quarters 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.
What stands out about the people of Rothonay
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rothonay, 18% of its 85 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (12%): 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 town of second homes: 18% of its homes
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
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. Just over one in ten homes stand empty, or about one in eight. Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%.
From 2012 to 2023, 76% of compared French towns grew faster than Rothonay: −2%
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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Jura.
A median age of 48: Rothonay is older than 74% 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
■ Rothonay 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. At 25%, couples with children sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,450 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.
At €25,450 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
In Rothonay, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 67% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 8.3% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, below 96% 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.
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Rothonay
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
Married residents: 43% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Rothonay, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 58% 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
Across Rothonay, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 128 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 1 of the 4 towns around Rothonay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothonay | 48 | 22% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 11.6 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 11.7 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 16.2 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 17.3 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
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 Rothonay
What is the population of Rothonay?
128 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (130).
How old are Rothonay’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rothonay?
15, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rothonay?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rothonay?
€25,450 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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