Fixin is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.4
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Fixin, 4.8%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 6.1%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. This Côte-d'Or town had 701 residents in 330 households at the 2023 census. Here, 1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Fixin
An older town
Half of Fixin’s residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fixin had 759 residents at the 2012 census and 701 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fixin’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 94% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
Fixin sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fixin 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Fixin and 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fixin has more couples with children than 53% of compared French towns, at 26%.
Only 7.3% of homes are flats in Fixin
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 33%. More second homes than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 4.8%. At 6.2%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €33,230 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.
Living standards centre on €33,230 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns, at 9.1%
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
In Fixin, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Fixin (9.1%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fixin sits below 80% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.1%)
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 Fixin, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 56% of residents 15 and over are married in Fixin. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Fixin, 45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 88% 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 make up 12%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 701 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).
Fixin is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixin | 55.4 | 34% | 4.8% | 3.1% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 1.2 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 2.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 3.8 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 5.1 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 6.1 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 4.1% | 13% |
| Talant 11,896 · 6.5 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
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 Fixin
What is the population of Fixin?
701 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (759).
How old are Fixin’s residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fixin?
18, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fixin?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fixin?
€33,230 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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