Second homes: 48%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 51 households in Féniers at the 2023 Census, home to 111 residents. 1% of homes are flats, or about one in 100. Households headed by a retired person make up 50%, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Féniers
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Féniers, 48% of its 98 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Féniers’ residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Féniers had 91 residents at the 2012 census and 111 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Féniers ranks below 67% of compared French towns on households without a car: 8%
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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +22% change since 2012: Féniers grew faster than 92% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Creuse town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +18% to 2023.
Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Féniers is over 53.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Féniers 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
2.8% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Féniers has more residents aged 65 and over than 93% of compared French towns, at 34%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Féniers ranks above 75% of compared French towns on couples with children: 30%
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 40%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a manual worker: 10%, a lower share than 77% 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. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.9% in Féniers, less 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 95% of compared French towns: 0.9%. The wider picture: 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 54% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Roughly three in ten: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 111 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 Féniers, 1 of 2 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Féniers
What is the population of Féniers?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (91).
How old are Féniers’ residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Féniers?
47, with occasional dwellings: 48% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Féniers?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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