Half of Fouqueure is over 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Fouqueure. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 429 residents in the town, living in 190 households. Single-parent households account for 4.8%.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Fouqueure
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fouqueure, 16% of its 280 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fouqueure’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 16% of homes are second homes
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. The share of empty homes stands at 14%. 7.3% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
A +6% change since 2012: Fouqueure grew 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns, at 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fouqueure 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 77% of compared French towns: 30%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 29%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €22,550 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,550 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
35% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
2.5% of Fouqueure’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 40% by a retired person (32%). Measured more widely, 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).
3.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% 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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Put another way, about one in 37: 2.7% 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Fouqueure, less than in 95% 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
46% 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%.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Fouqueure
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
Adults with no qualification make up 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 429 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Fouqueure sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouqueure | 52.5 | 29% | 16% | 3.8% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 8.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 9.3 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 11.7 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 13.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 14 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 14.6 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
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 Fouqueure
What is the population of Fouqueure?
429 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (403).
How old are Fouqueure’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fouqueure?
46, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fouqueure?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fouqueure?
€22,550 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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