Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Fransèches is over 59.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fransèches counted 240 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 56% of households are headed by a retired person in the town. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Fransèches comes in at 4%.
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 Fransèches
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 79 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fransèches, 35% of its 220 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fransèches’ residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fransèches ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 35%
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
0.4% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The census found that 6.2% of households have no car in Fransèches. At 6.7%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 85% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%. The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −1%.
In Fransèches, 3.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Fransèches 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 97% of compared French towns: 39%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Single-parent households make up 20% in Fransèches, more than in 99% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 40% in Fransèches and 35% in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,240 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,240 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Fransèches ranks below 59% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 8%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Fransèches
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 median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 93% of compared French towns: 50%
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 single residents is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Fransèches and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (240 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Fransèches 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fransèches | 59.4 | 39% | 35% | 4.2% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 8 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 10.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 12.9 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 Fransèches
What is the population of Fransèches?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (250).
How old are Fransèches’ residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fransèches?
79, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fransèches?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fransèches?
€24,240 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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