A lower share of one-person households than 82% of compared French towns, at 29%
The share of flats is 44%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across Fegersheim, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 4.8% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 5,780, in 2,480 households.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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.
Fegersheim’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 56% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Older than 51% of compared French towns: half of Fegersheim is over 44.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fegersheim 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fegersheim: 29% of households are couples with children, above 72% 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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 9%, below 67% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households have no car
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
Second homes: 1% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Fegersheim sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 13%. By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%.
A median standard of living of €30,040 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €30,040 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 9.0% of the population.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 63% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Here, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fegersheim sits above 65% of compared French towns for immigrants (8.8%)
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.
5.1% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Fegersheim, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 79% 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 median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 47% and 7.8%, and 5.2% are widowed.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Fegersheim. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 5,732 to 5,826
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Viry is the youngest (35.9); Montmorillon the oldest (57.4).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Fegersheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fegersheim | 44.2 | 22% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Lipsheim 2,702 · 1.1 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| Eschau 5,878 · 1.3 mi | 43.2 | 19% | 1.4% | 6.8% |
| Plobsheim 4,492 · 2.3 mi | 45 | 21% | 1% | 7% |
| Geispolsheim 7,919 · 2.5 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Illkirch-Graffenstaden 27,872 · 3 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Entzheim 2,544 · 3.8 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 12% | 8.1% |
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 Fegersheim
What is the population of Fegersheim?
5,780 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (5,443).
How old are Fegersheim’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fegersheim?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fegersheim?
INSEE counts 510 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 290 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fegersheim?
€30,040 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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