In Franchesse, 3.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Franchesse, 3.8%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 2.4% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 449 residents and 210 households here. Locally, 2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Franchesse
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Franchesse, 15% of its 300 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 98% 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 42 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Franchesse ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 15%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 14%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Franchesse changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 76% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier.
A median age of 48.9: Franchesse is older than 79% 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
■ Franchesse 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 60% of compared French towns, at 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. On couples with children, Franchesse sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 26%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
A typical living standard of €22,770 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 Franchesse is €22,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Franchesse: 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 96% 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: 4.9% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. Here, 36% 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).
5.2% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 58% 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.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Franchesse, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
Married residents: 40% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Franchesse ranks below 72% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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 make up about one in three here (30%). By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 449 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Franchesse and its 4 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 Franchesse
What is the population of Franchesse?
449 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (456).
How old are Franchesse’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Franchesse?
44, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Franchesse?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Franchesse?
€22,770 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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