Above 94% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
The figure for households in social housing is 6.3% in Sampans and 12% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 440 households held 1,106 residents at the 2023 Census. Households without a car account for 5.7%. At 14%, the share of flats is lower than in four fifths 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 Sampans
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Sampans’ residents are under 38 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+11% since 2012, a pace 72% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Jura town −4%.
Half of Sampans is under 38, younger than 88% 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
■ Sampans 38. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 18% in Sampans and 22% in the typical compared French town. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 26% in Sampans, less than in 91% of compared French towns
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
Average household size: 2.5 people. Fewer single-parent households than in two thirds of compared French towns: 9%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Sampans, 0.6% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 93% 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
One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In Sampans, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,480 a year in standard of living
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 Sampans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Only 12% of households are headed by a manual worker in Sampans
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 Sampans, 34% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 11%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sampans ranks below 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.8%
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.
The median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 37.
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 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Sampans, the census puts married residents at 44%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Sampans, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
Graduates of higher education: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,106 to 2,582
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.
Sampans is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Sampans
What is the population of Sampans?
1,106 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (999).
How old are Sampans’ residents?
The median age is 38, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sampans?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sampans?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sampans?
€26,480 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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