Flats make up 0.7% in Fougueyrolles, less than in 99% of compared French towns
2.4% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Fougueyrolles’s population at 462, in 210 households. Here, 3.3% of households have no car. Few places have as many second homes: 5.9% here, more than in 80% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Fougueyrolles
Empty homes
The census found 43 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Fougueyrolles: −4%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Dordogne town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Fougueyrolles is over 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fougueyrolles 49. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Fougueyrolles, 8.7%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 29% of households are one person living alone in Fougueyrolles
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Few places have as many couples with children: 28% here, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fougueyrolles ranks above 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 16%
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
23% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 3.8% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Median standard of living: €25,980 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 €25,980 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 78% of compared French towns: 38%
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 7.1%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.3% of Fougueyrolles’ residents
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 lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Fougueyrolles (6.3%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.4%, about the same as 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.
Married residents make up 48% in Fougueyrolles, more than in 83% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 462 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Fougueyrolles is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fougueyrolles | 49 | 23% | 5.9% | 6.3% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 1.6 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 2.3 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 3 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| La Force 2,702 · 9 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 10 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 10.2 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
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 Fougueyrolles
What is the population of Fougueyrolles?
462 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (479).
How old are Fougueyrolles’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fougueyrolles?
16, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fougueyrolles?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fougueyrolles?
€25,980 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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