0.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Fresnay-le-Comte, 2.5%. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 18% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. Its 130 households held 281 residents at the 2023 Census. Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Fresnay-le-Comte
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fresnay-le-Comte had 348 residents at the 2012 census and 281 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −19% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 −1% for the median Eure-et-Loir town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then −14% to 2023.
7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 93% 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
■ Fresnay-le-Comte 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Fresnay-le-Comte’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in just over half of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.3% of households are single parents in Fresnay-le-Comte
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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. 27% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 61% of compared French towns. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Fresnay-le-Comte has 34%.
Households without a car make up 7.5% in Fresnay-le-Comte, less than in 69% 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
Fresnay-le-Comte sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Across Fresnay-le-Comte, 8.4% of homes stand empty.
A typical living standard of €26,260 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,260 a year: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 8.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% 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.
Here 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Fresnay-le-Comte, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Single residents: 20%, below 90% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Fresnay-le-Comte, less than in 78% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Fresnay-le-Comte comes in at 23%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 281 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Fresnay-le-Comte sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresnay-le-Comte | 43.9 | 18% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Les Villages Vovéens 4,009 · 6.8 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 5.8% | 4.3% |
| Luisant 6,945 · 8.5 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Le Coudray 4,038 · 8.6 mi | 45 | 21% | 1.6% | 7.8% |
| Lucé 15,921 · 9.3 mi | 40.6 | 22% | 1.1% | 16% |
| Bonneval 4,868 · 9.3 mi | 48 | 29% | 4.2% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure 2,797 · 9.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2% | 4% |
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 Fresnay-le-Comte
What is the population of Fresnay-le-Comte?
281 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (348).
How old are Fresnay-le-Comte’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fresnay-le-Comte?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fresnay-le-Comte?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fresnay-le-Comte?
€26,260 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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