In Fontvannes, 17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Fontvannes, 3% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. This Aube town is home to 707 residents in 270 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 5.5%. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 27% here, more than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Fontvannes
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +11% change since 2012: Fontvannes grew faster than 74% 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 +13% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aube town +2%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 18% in Fontvannes, less than in 76% 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
■ Fontvannes 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.9, Fontvannes is younger than 59% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 92% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
7.5% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households average 2.5 people.
Households in social housing: 1.9%, a lower share than 97% 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
By its share of second homes (1.1%), Fontvannes is below 75% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 26% have lived in their home 30 years or more. This Aube town has fewer empty homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 6.5%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,360 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 residents live in households above €24,360 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Fontvannes, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns
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 just over half of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 88% 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.
The share of immigrants trails 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 47% in Fontvannes, more than in 78% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Fontvannes. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Fontvannes, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification here. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 707 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Fontvannes: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontvannes | 42.9 | 18% | 1.1% | 3.9% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 7.1 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 7.4 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 8 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 8 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 15% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 8.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 8.2 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
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 Fontvannes
What is the population of Fontvannes?
707 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (635).
How old are Fontvannes’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontvannes?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontvannes?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontvannes?
€24,360 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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