Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Foisches is over 53.6
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 0.9% of homes are flats. The 2023 Census counted 233 residents in 110 households. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Foisches.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 Foisches
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Foisches (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 6.7% for the median compared commune in Ardennes. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Foisches’ residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 68% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Ardennes town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Foisches 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Foisches sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (18%)
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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children in Foisches. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 6% of homes are second homes
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 6.9% in Foisches.
€22,820 a year: the median standard of living
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.
At €22,820 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Only 24% of households are headed by a retired person in Foisches
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Foisches comes in at 5.9%. Meanwhile, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 73% of compared French towns. On average, 32% 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).
A higher share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 16% in Foisches and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% 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
With single residents at 24%, Foisches is behind 60% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Foisches, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
In Foisches, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (233 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Foisches
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 Foisches
What is the population of Foisches?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (213).
How old are Foisches’ residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foisches?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foisches?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foisches?
€22,820 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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