Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Fougax-et-Barrineuf is over 57.9
Households in social housing: 2.3% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Fougax-et-Barrineuf had 428 residents in 220 households at the 2023 Census. 45% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in two. On couples with children, Fougax-et-Barrineuf sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 14%.
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 Fougax-et-Barrineuf
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fougax-et-Barrineuf, 40% of its 430 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fougax-et-Barrineuf’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fougax-et-Barrineuf had 476 residents at the 2012 census and 428 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 40% in Fougax-et-Barrineuf, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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, 30% of homes are flats; in Fougax-et-Barrineuf, 4%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. One in ten homes stand empty, or about one in ten. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.8% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Fougax-et-Barrineuf behind 97% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fougax-et-Barrineuf 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
5.9% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Fougax-et-Barrineuf, 16% of households are single parents, more than in 97% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. One-person households: 36% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €19,760 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 €19,760 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
2.4% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 83% of compared French towns: 14% of residents are immigrants
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 83% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 10%.
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, a share 80% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Fougax-et-Barrineuf is below 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fougax-et-Barrineuf sits below 77% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (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 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 428 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Fougax-et-Barrineuf 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 Fougax-et-Barrineuf
What is the population of Fougax-et-Barrineuf?
428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (476).
How old are Fougax-et-Barrineuf’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fougax-et-Barrineuf?
170, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fougax-et-Barrineuf?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fougax-et-Barrineuf?
€19,760 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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