3.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Fouchy has 2.4%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 635, in 280 households. The share of flats stands at 5.9%. 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 92% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Fouchy
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fouchy, 11% of its 340 homes: higher than in 89% 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
Fouchy had 669 residents at the 2012 census and 635 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 11% in Fouchy, more than in 89% 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
7.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. Fouchy has fewer empty homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 6.4%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 88% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 72% of compared French towns: half of Fouchy is over 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fouchy 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Locally, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 28%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Couples with children are more common here than in 76% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €27,510 a year to live on
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 Fouchy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 15%, a higher share than 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Fouchy, 29%. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.6%, a lower share than 96% 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 Fouchy comes in at 1.2%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Fouchy comes in at 21%. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 54% of compared French towns: 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
Graduates of higher education come to 30% in Fouchy, about three in ten. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 635 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Fouchy and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouchy | 47.5 | 21% | 11% | 1.6% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 6.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 7.1 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 7.5 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 9.4 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 9.4 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Barr 7,057 · 9.9 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
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 Fouchy
What is the population of Fouchy?
635 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (669).
How old are Fouchy’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fouchy?
37, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fouchy?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fouchy?
€27,510 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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