Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Fontanès-de-Sault is over 67.5
100% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Fontanès-de-Sault had 6 residents in 5 households at the 2023 census. Here, one in ten homes are flats. Fewer empty homes than in 83% of compared French towns: 4.4%.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Fontanès-de-Sault
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontanès-de-Sault, 75% of its 23 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 88% 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 Fontanès-de-Sault’s residents are under 67.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 60% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 0% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Fontanès-de-Sault had 4 residents at the 2012 census and 6 in 2023, up 50%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Fontanès-de-Sault (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fontanès-de-Sault: 75% of homes are second homes, above 99% 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
+50% since 2012, a pace 99% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +25%; 2017 to 2023, +20%.
Fontanès-de-Sault ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 60%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontanès-de-Sault 67.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
20% women, 80% men
About 25 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
5 households; 0% are one person
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The average household has 1.3 people.
The largest group of households: farmers (100%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fontanès-de-Sault: 20% of residents are immigrants, above 93% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Fontanès-de-Sault comes in at 20%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 60%, a higher share than 99% 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
Fontanès-de-Sault sits below 85% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Fontanès-de-Sault comes in at 20%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 6 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 67.5 in Fontanès-de-Sault.
Fontanès-de-Sault is older than every town around it
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 Fontanès-de-Sault
What is the population of Fontanès-de-Sault?
6 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 50% more than in 2012 (4).
How old are Fontanès-de-Sault’s residents?
The median age is 67.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 0% are under 18 and 60% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontanès-de-Sault?
17, with occasional dwellings: 75% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontanès-de-Sault?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (20%). 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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