A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of compared French towns, at 7.2%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 249 people lived in Fieulaine, in 110 households. In Fieulaine, 4.7% of homes are second homes. Just over one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Fieulaine
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fieulaine had 276 residents at the 2012 census and 249 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fieulaine changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 97% 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Aisne.
Fieulaine is older than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fieulaine 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
4.8% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The census found that 33% of households are couples with children in Fieulaine. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fieulaine sits below 65% of compared French towns for households without a car (8.3%)
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 34% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.3% (under two years).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,670 a year: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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 retired person: 38%, above 78% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Fieulaine, 14% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
By its share of married residents (57%), Fieulaine is above 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 249 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Fieulaine is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fieulaine | 48.1 | 23% | 4.7% | 2% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 6 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 7.9 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Guise 4,490 · 8.1 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 14.7 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
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 Fieulaine
What is the population of Fieulaine?
249 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (276).
How old are Fieulaine’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fieulaine?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fieulaine?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fieulaine?
€24,670 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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