Fornex is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.5
1.9% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.6% of homes stand empty. Census day 2023: 104 residents and 53 households in Fornex. For Fornex, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 40%.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Fornex
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fornex, 13% of its 62 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Fornex’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fornex had 114 residents at the 2012 census and 104 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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
7.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 40% have been in their home 30 years or more. More second homes than in 90% of compared French towns: 13%.
Fornex changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Ariège town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
4.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Fornex 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Fornex comes in at 38%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Fornex has fewer one-person households than 77% of compared French towns, at 30%. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 10%.
A typical living standard of €21,570 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.
At €21,570 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns, at 10%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.8% of residents are immigrants in Fornex
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 1.9% in Fornex and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 80% 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
Fornex has fewer single residents than nearly three fifths of compared French towns, at 24%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Here 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 104 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Fornex
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fornex | 58.5 | 38% | 13% | 3.8% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 3.1 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 7 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 8.6 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 9.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
| Longages 3,392 · 13.4 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Noé 3,067 · 13.4 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 1.9% | 7% |
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 Fornex
What is the population of Fornex?
104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (114).
How old are Fornex’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fornex?
8, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fornex?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fornex?
€21,570 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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