Above 93% of compared French towns: 21% of homes are second homes
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.2% in Les Fourgs. Across Les Fourgs, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,443 residents in 660 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Les Fourgs
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Fourgs, 21% of its 910 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 27% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Les Fourgs’ residents are under 38.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 48%, a higher share than 73% of compared French towns
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 13%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. On empty homes, Les Fourgs sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 6.2%.
A +14% change since 2012: Les Fourgs grew faster than 79% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Younger than 87% of compared French towns: half of Les Fourgs is under 38.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Fourgs 38.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, below 89% of compared French towns. On top of that, les Fourgs has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 67% of compared French towns, at 9.8%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 26% in Les Fourgs, more than in 53% 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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. More one-person households than in 52% of compared French towns: 36%. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€35,600 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €35,600 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.8%, a lower share than 94% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 26%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
Les Fourgs: 6.4% of residents are immigrants
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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 5% in Les Fourgs. That is lower than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 72% 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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Here nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,443 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.
No nearby town is as young as Les Fourgs
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Fourgs | 38.3 | 16% | 21% | 6.4% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 5.5 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 6.6 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 17.9 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
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 Les Fourgs
What is the population of Les Fourgs?
1,443 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,267).
How old are Les Fourgs’ residents?
The median age is 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Fourgs?
190, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Fourgs?
INSEE counts 93 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 72 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Fourgs?
€35,600 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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