Half of Fourcès is over 63, older than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 2.9% in Fourcès and 12% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, this Gers town has more households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns, at 48%. Census day 2023: 260 residents and 140 households in the town. 2.5% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Fourcès
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fourcès, 11% of its 200 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Fourcès’ residents are under 63 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fourcès had 277 residents at the 2012 census and 260 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fourcès sits above 98% of compared French towns for empty homes (18%)
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
By its share of households without a car (7.1%), Fourcès is below 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Second homes account for 11%.
Fourcès changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 91% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gers town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 47%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Fourcès 63. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6% of residents are 15 to 24 here. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 13% of households are couples with children in Fourcès
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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 38% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.9 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 10%, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €24,670 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 median standard of living in Fourcès is €24,670 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Only 6.9% of households are headed by a manual worker in Fourcès
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Fourcès has 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fourcès ranks above 69% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 6.9%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 8% of residents are immigrants here. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
The figure for married residents is 53% in Fourcès and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 83% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Fourcès has 24%. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 260 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Fourcès (63), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Fourcès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourcès | 63 | 47% | 11% | 8% |
| Condom 6,473 · 7.7 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 5% | 17% |
| Nérac 6,992 · 11.2 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 4.1% | 10% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 11.2 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 16.8 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
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 Fourcès
What is the population of Fourcès?
260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (277).
How old are Fourcès’ residents?
The median age is 63, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fourcès?
21, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fourcès?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fourcès?
€24,670 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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