Below 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fontenoy’s 210 households held 483 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in ten: 9.6% of homes are second homes.
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.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Fontenoy changed by −1% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
In Fontenoy, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 81% 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
■ Fontenoy 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.8, Fontenoy is older than 62% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 12% of households are single parents
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Fontenoy, 26%.
A lower share of empty homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 4.1%
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
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Fontenoy, 5.9%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.1% moved in within the last two years.
Standard of living at the median: €25,900 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,900 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.7%, a lower share than 88% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 39%, Fontenoy is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker come to 12% here, about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fontenoy ranks below 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.6%
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 Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. For Fontenoy, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 483 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Fontenoy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontenoy | 45.8 | 28% | 9.6% | 2.6% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 6.1 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 7.1 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 7.3 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 7.5 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 11.7 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 14.2 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
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 Fontenoy
What is the population of Fontenoy?
483 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (488).
How old are Fontenoy’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontenoy?
23, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontenoy?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontenoy?
€25,900 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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