A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
One-person households make up 22%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. 2.3% of homes are flats, or about one in 43. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 4.8% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 765 residents in 310 households.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Formigny La Bataille
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Formigny La Bataille, 23% of its 440 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 7.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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 share of households without a car trails 97% of compared French towns: 3.5%. Add to that, 5.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more.
Since 2012, Formigny La Bataille has grown +7%, faster than 57% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of compared French towns: 9.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Formigny La Bataille 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Formigny La Bataille is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 88% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
7.9% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,860 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 €25,860 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
With households headed by a retired person at 30%, Formigny La Bataille is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Formigny La Bataille ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.7%
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.
In Formigny La Bataille, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
In Formigny La Bataille, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Formigny La Bataille, less than in 65% 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
Across Formigny La Bataille, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Formigny La Bataille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formigny La Bataille | 43.8 | 23% | 23% | 0.7% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 6.8 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 8 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 10.2 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 14.2 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 · 16.7 mi | 43 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 16.9 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
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 Formigny La Bataille
What is the population of Formigny La Bataille?
765 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (718).
How old are Formigny La Bataille’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Formigny La Bataille?
100, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Formigny La Bataille?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Formigny La Bataille?
€25,860 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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