A smaller share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
The median age in Félines is 39.7, lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. This Ardèche town is home to 1,934 residents in 830 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 8.6%. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Félines has 28%.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Félines
Growing fast
Félines had 1,493 residents at the 2012 census and 1,934 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Félines’s population changed by +30% since 2012, more than in 96% 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
The change was +11% from 2012 to 2017 and +17% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardèche town +4%.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Félines 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Félines. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, more 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. At 6%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 7.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Félines
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
At 6%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 13%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%. 3.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 63% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €29,080 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.
Half of Félines’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Félines sits below 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (28%)
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 6.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Félines, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 90% 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.
By its share of immigrants (3%), Félines is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Félines ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
In couples, 45% are married and 14% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 4% are widowed. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Félines, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 37% in Félines and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 1,934 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Félines, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Félines | 39.7 | 16% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 4.3 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 4.5 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 4.5 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 4.9 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon 6,718 · 5 mi | 41.8 | 24% | 0.9% | 25% |
| Roussillon 8,595 · 5.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
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 Félines
What is the population of Félines?
1,934 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (1,493).
How old are Félines’ residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Félines?
28, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Félines?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Félines?
€29,080 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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