Above 98% of compared French towns: 58% of homes are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of flats stands at 0.8%. Freychenet is home to 82 residents in 45 households, by the 2023 Census. In Freychenet, 2.4% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Freychenet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Freychenet, 58% of its 120 homes: higher than in 98% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Freychenet had 98 residents at the 2012 census and 82 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Freychenet’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Freychenet’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Freychenet ranks below 93% of compared French towns on empty homes: 3.4%
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
Households without a car make up 6.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Freychenet: −16%
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ariège town +2%. The change was −8% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Freychenet is over 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Freychenet 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Freychenet, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Freychenet: 50% of households are one person living alone, above 94% 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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Freychenet has 20%. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.8 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Freychenet ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 20%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Freychenet. Add to that, households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of Freychenet’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. Locally, 4.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Two in five residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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 Freychenet, 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 82 to 2,582 people, the 12th 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.
Older than Freychenet: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freychenet | 50.7 | 23% | 58% | 6.1% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 6.1 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 7.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 7.7 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 11.4 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 13.8 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 14.5 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Freychenet
What is the population of Freychenet?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (98).
How old are Freychenet’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Freychenet?
69, with occasional dwellings: 58% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Freychenet?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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