Fewer flats than 97% of compared French towns: 4.3%
3.9% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). There were 450 households in Fournès at the 2023 Census, home to 1,047 residents. Residents aged 65 and over account for 17%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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.
A growing town: +15% since 2012, faster than 81% 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
In two steps, +19% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Gard.
Fournès is younger than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fournès 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.5% in Fournès and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Fournès has fewer one-person households than 62% of compared French towns, at 33%. Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Fournès has 8.7%.
9.9% of homes stand empty, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Fournès comes in at 4.5%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 11% of households arrived within the last two years, while 13% have stayed 30 years or more.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,400 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 Fournès’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, below 70% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (6.6%), Fournès is below 71% of compared French towns. At 12%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 11%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (6.3%), Fournès is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Few places have so few graduates of higher education: 30% here, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,047 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
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).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Fournès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fournès | 42.5 | 17% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Montfrin 3,122 · 3.5 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 7.3% | 8.1% |
| Meynes 2,597 · 3.9 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| Aramon 4,081 · 4.7 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.5% | 7.7% |
| Rochefort-du-Gard 8,117 · 5.6 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Jonquières-Saint-Vincent 3,875 · 7.3 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 2.2% | 13% |
| Barbentane 4,266 · 8.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 4.5% | 4.4% |
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 Fournès
What is the population of Fournès?
1,047 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (914).
How old are Fournès’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fournès?
24, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fournès?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 66 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fournès?
€24,400 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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