Half of Fresselines is over 62, older than 99% of compared French towns
1.5% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). On one-person households, Fresselines sits higher than 87% of compared French towns: 47%. The town had 509 residents in 290 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person account for 60%.
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 Fresselines
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 230 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fresselines, 38% of its 600 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 Fresselines’ residents are under 62 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fresselines had 559 residents at the 2012 census and 509 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 86 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 14% of homes stand empty here. At the same time, 1% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7.3% moved in during the last two years and 39% have stayed three decades or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Fresselines: −9%
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 −11%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Creuse town −5%.
In Fresselines, 41% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Fresselines 62. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Fresselines comes in at 4.9%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Only 10% of households are couples with children in Fresselines
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
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Fresselines has fewer single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns, at 6.9%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,520 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,520 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Fresselines ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 1.7%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (6.9%), Fresselines is below 69% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
More foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 8.3% of residents are immigrants in Fresselines.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Fresselines
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
Married residents make up 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Fresselines
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
Adults with no qualification are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Fresselines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresselines | 62 | 41% | 38% | 8.3% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 13.7 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 16.5 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 16.7 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
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 Fresselines
What is the population of Fresselines?
509 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (559).
How old are Fresselines’ residents?
The median age is 62, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fresselines?
230, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fresselines?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fresselines?
€22,520 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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