A lower share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 661 residents in Foussignac, living in 300 households. Locally, 3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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.
Foussignac’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 74% 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 change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente town +1%.
A median age of 47.7: Foussignac is older than 73% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Foussignac 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Foussignac sits below 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (25%)
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
Couples with children: 28% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Lower than in half of compared French towns: 10% of households are single parents. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
8.7% of homes stand empty, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 5.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 26% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.4%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,220 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 median standard of living in Foussignac is €28,220 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns: 18%
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
35% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.8%, a lower share than 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Foussignac has 3.3%. By way of comparison, 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.
Foussignac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 16%
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
Just over half of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns: 22%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Foussignac. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Foussignac, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foussignac | 47.7 | 24% | 2.4% | 3.8% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 2.8 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 6.3 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 8.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 9.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 9.7 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 11.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
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 Foussignac
What is the population of Foussignac?
661 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (592).
How old are Foussignac’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foussignac?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foussignac?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foussignac?
€28,220 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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