Courcelles ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.7%
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Courcelles. Few places have so few flats: 7.1% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. This Territoire de Belfort town had 132 residents in 58 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 5.7% of homes are second homes in the town.
Throughout this page, the Territoire de Belfort 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 Courcelles
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 11% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 79% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −11%, then +10% to 2023. Over those years, the median Territoire de Belfort town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Courcelles is over 48
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courcelles 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are 15 to 24 in Courcelles.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Territoire de Belfort 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 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 Territoire de Belfort median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 33%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, on single-parent households, Courcelles sits lower than 76% of compared French towns: 8.3%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
11% of homes stand empty, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 10% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €34,950 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.
The median standard of living in Courcelles is €34,950 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Here, a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 58% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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 Territoire de Belfort has 10%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Here, 4.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 55%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Courcelles comes in at 19%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Courcelles
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 a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 132 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.
Courcelles and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles | 48 | 26% | 5.7% | 7.6% |
| Delle 5,623 · 3.7 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.9% | 16% |
| Grandvillars 2,947 · 5.7 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 7.3 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 9.9 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 10.1 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 10.5 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
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 Courcelles
What is the population of Courcelles?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (135).
How old are Courcelles’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcelles?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcelles?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcelles?
€34,950 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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