Frôlois: 43% of homes are second homes, above 97% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 166 residents in 81 households. Locally, 3% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Frôlois
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Frôlois, 43% of its 200 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Frôlois had 174 residents at the 2012 census and 166 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Frôlois, 16% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
Some 7.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 34% who have been there 30 years or more. On the census count, 8.5% of households have no car. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 87% of compared French towns: Frôlois changed by −5% since 2012
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 −4%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 77% 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
■ Frôlois 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Frôlois’s residents are over 47.5, older than in 72% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
41% of households are one person living alone, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children here. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: 12% of households are single parents.
A median standard of living of €24,600 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 €24,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Frôlois ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 24%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are headed by a retired person here. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in eight here (12%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 99% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.4% of residents are immigrants here. The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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 is 39%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Frôlois
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
Here, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (166 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Frôlois
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frôlois | 47.5 | 27% | 43% | 2.4% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 8.5 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 14.1 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 15.6 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
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 Frôlois
What is the population of Frôlois?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (174).
How old are Frôlois’ residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frôlois?
86, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frôlois?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Frôlois?
€24,600 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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