Second homes make up 16% in Fouday, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up about one in four here (27%). In 2023, the Census found 333 residents in Fouday, living in 150 households. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Fouday has 9.9%.
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 Fouday
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fouday, 16% of its 200 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 50% 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
Fouday had 358 residents at the 2012 census and 333 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 74% of compared French towns: 7%
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
Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Fouday behind 93% 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%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fouday 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Fouday’s residents are over 44.9, older than in 56% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
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
22% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€25,790 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €25,790 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 23% in Fouday, more than in 93% 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
Just over a quarter of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of Fouday’s residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. Across Fouday, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
28% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 70% 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
In Fouday, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 77% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 15%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 333 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Fouday 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouday | 44.9 | 26% | 16% | 6.3% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 3.7 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 12.1 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Barr 7,057 · 12.1 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 13.1 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Rosheim 5,457 · 13.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 14.1 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
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 Fouday
What is the population of Fouday?
333 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (358).
How old are Fouday’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fouday?
31, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fouday?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fouday?
€25,790 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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