A median age of 61.3: Fournes-Cabardès is older than 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 1.9%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Fournes-Cabardès is home to 53 residents in 32 households, by the 2023 Census. Couples with children account for 14%.
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 Fournes-Cabardès
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fournes-Cabardès, 25% of its 52 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Fournes-Cabardès’ residents are under 61.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
57% of Fournes-Cabardès’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 60% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fournes-Cabardès had 56 residents at the 2012 census and 53 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Fournes-Cabardès, 25% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
The figure for empty homes is 13% in Fournes-Cabardès and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car make up about one in five here (22%).
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Fournes-Cabardès: −5%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −11%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fournes-Cabardès 61.3. 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 Fournes-Cabardès comes in at 38%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
The typical household size is 1.7 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 71% in Fournes-Cabardès, more than in 99% 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 manual worker make up 29%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Fournes-Cabardès, 3.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% 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 median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 53: 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married and 4.1% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 10% are widowed. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Fournes-Cabardès, 23%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
2nd highest median age among 41 French towns of 53 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Fournes-Cabardès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fournes-Cabardès | 61.3 | 38% | 25% | 3.8% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 5.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 7 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 8.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 9.7 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 9.8 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 9.9 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Fournes-Cabardès
What is the population of Fournes-Cabardès?
53 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (56).
How old are Fournes-Cabardès’ residents?
The median age is 61.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fournes-Cabardès?
13, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fournes-Cabardès?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.9%). 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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