1.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 23% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,375 residents and 560 households in Le Fœil. The share of households without a car stands at 2.9%.
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 Fœil
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Fœil had 1,509 residents at the 2012 census and 1,375 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Fœil changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Fœil 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.1, Le Fœil is younger than 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in nine.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. 8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
98% of homes are houses
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
For Le Fœil, the census puts empty homes at 6.3%. Second homes: 2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,160 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns, at 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 20%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. 7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Le Fœil, 1.3%. To put it in context, 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 94% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents 15 and over are single here. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Le Fœil. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,375 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Le Fœil, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Fœil | 43.1 | 17% | 2% | 1.4% |
| Quintin 2,739 · 1.1 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 2.6% | 3.5% |
| Plaintel 4,602 · 4.5 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Ploufragan 11,507 · 7.5 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Plédran 6,933 · 8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage 4,103 · 8.3 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 8.7 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
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 Le Fœil
What is the population of Le Fœil?
1,375 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,509).
How old are Le Fœil’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Fœil?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Fœil?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Fœil?
€26,160 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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