Half of Fontcouverte is over 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns
With households headed by a retired person at 42%, Fontcouverte is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. Across Fontcouverte, 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 3.4%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,330, in 1,070 households.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Fontcouverte
An older town
Half of Fontcouverte’s residents are under 55.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Fontcouverte has changed by ±0%, slower than 70% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of compared French towns: 35%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontcouverte 55.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns: 7%
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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 30% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The share of couples with children stands at 21%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
0.5% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
Empty homes: 3.8% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%. Second homes are more common here than in 70% of compared French towns.
At the median, €28,900 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.
Living standards centre on €28,900 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 78% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 7.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
9.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 81% 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 manager or professional account for 10%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 2.9% of 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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Against that, 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.
Single residents make up 17% in Fontcouverte, less than in 99% 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
51% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 34%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,330 to 2,582 people), the 6th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Fontcouverte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontcouverte | 55.2 | 35% | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 2.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 2.9 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 5.4 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 11.3 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 12.7 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Pons 4,343 · 13.3 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
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 Fontcouverte
What is the population of Fontcouverte?
2,330 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,333).
How old are Fontcouverte’s residents?
The median age is 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontcouverte?
44, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontcouverte?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontcouverte?
€28,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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