A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
Households in social housing: 2.8% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Le Faouët is home to 412 residents in 190 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 22% here, more than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Le Faouët
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Faouët, 18% of its 250 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 ↓
Growing fast
Le Faouët had 325 residents at the 2012 census and 412 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. On the census count, 6.6% of households have no car. More empty homes than in 57% of compared French towns: 7.4%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Le Faouët grew +27% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 95% 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
The change was +22% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Le Faouët sits above 67% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (25%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Faouët 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Le Faouët’s residents are over 44.1, older than in 51% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 2.8% of households are single parents in Le Faouët
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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
27% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here, 31% of households are one person living alone.
Median standard of living: €24,030 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 €24,030 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
In Le Faouët, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 71% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, below 97% 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.
By its share of immigrants (2.7%), Le Faouët is below 84% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Le Faouët, less than in 81% 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
In Le Faouët, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 412 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Le Faouët
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Faouët | 44.1 | 25% | 18% | 2.7% |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 6.2 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 29% | 2.2% |
| Plouha 4,634 · 6.6 mi | 62 | 44% | 31% | 2.4% |
| Paimpol 7,341 · 6.6 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Pabu 2,771 · 8.2 mi | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 8.6 mi | 62 | 43% | 40% | 2% |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 8.7 mi | 49 | 26% | 13% | 3.4% |
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 Le Faouët
What is the population of Le Faouët?
412 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (325).
How old are Le Faouët’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Faouët?
45, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Faouët?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Faouët?
€24,030 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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