Fossès-et-Baleyssac sits above 92% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 222 residents and 93 households in Fossès-et-Baleyssac. Locally, 4.3% of households have no car. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Fossès-et-Baleyssac
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Fossès-et-Baleyssac had 186 residents at the 2012 census and 222 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+19% since 2012, a pace 89% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +20%, then −1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 45.7: Fossès-et-Baleyssac is older than 61% 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
■ Fossès-et-Baleyssac 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 21% in Fossès-et-Baleyssac.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 5% of households are single parents in Fossès-et-Baleyssac. Each household has 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Above 62% of compared French towns: 7.8% of homes stand empty
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
13% of households moved in less than two years ago; 19% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 1.9%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,530 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.
At €24,530 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 83% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Fossès-et-Baleyssac. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% 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 larger share of foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 7.6% of residents are immigrants in Fossès-et-Baleyssac. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
With married residents at 47%, Fossès-et-Baleyssac is ahead of four fifths of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fossès-et-Baleyssac ranks below 67% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 222 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Fossès-et-Baleyssac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossès-et-Baleyssac | 45.7 | 21% | 1.9% | 7.6% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 4.2 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Sainte-Bazeille 3,171 · 5.4 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 1.4% | 6.4% |
| Marmande 17,328 · 8.9 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Langon 7,674 · 15.1 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Miramont-de-Guyenne 3,081 · 15.4 mi | 57.6 | 40% | 9.9% | 9.7% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 15.8 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 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 Fossès-et-Baleyssac
What is the population of Fossès-et-Baleyssac?
222 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (186).
How old are Fossès-et-Baleyssac’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fossès-et-Baleyssac?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fossès-et-Baleyssac?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fossès-et-Baleyssac?
€24,530 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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