In Feux, 8.8% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of homes are flats here. Across Feux, 1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Higher than in 79% of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 317, in 170 households.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Feux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 59 second homes and occasional dwellings in Feux, 24% of its 250 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Feux had 350 residents at the 2012 census and 317 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Feux’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Feux’s households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 45% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Here, 7.8% of households have no car.
Slower than most: −9% since 2012, behind 96% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Cher.
In Feux, 6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Feux 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over here. What’s more, the median age in Feux is 52.1, higher than in 89% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.9 people. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 47%, more than in 89% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €22,390 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,390 a year: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 85% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 35% in Feux and 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Feux sits below 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.5%)
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Feux has 3.2%. For 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.
Feux sits below 86% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
The share of married residents trails 76% of compared French towns: 39%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Feux, less than in 80% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 317 to 2,582 people
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).
Older than Feux: 2 of the 4 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feux | 52.1 | 27% | 24% | 3.5% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 8.2 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 12.4 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| Avord 2,909 · 16.9 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 17.3 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 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 Feux
What is the population of Feux?
317 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (350).
How old are Feux’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Feux?
59, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Feux?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Feux?
€22,390 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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