Fours is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.2
The figure for households without a car is 4.4% in Fours and 11% in the typical compared French town. 260 residents in 120 households: that is Fours at the 2023 Census. For Fours, the census puts second homes at 7.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Fours
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fours had 299 residents at the 2012 census and 260 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Fours’ residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Fours changed by −13% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, −18%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gironde town +16%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fours 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Fours has 28%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
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
Households average 2.1 people. At 31%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 8.1%, below nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
5% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 74% 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
Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.1% moved in within the last two years. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €23,290 a year to live on
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 Fours is €23,290 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 73% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 figure for households headed by a manual worker is 12% in Fours and 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Across Fours, 34% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Fours, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 98% 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.
The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Fours, 2.5% of residents are immigrants.
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 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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 share of single residents is 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Fours, less than in 79% 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
Adults with no qualification: 24% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Fours
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fours | 53.2 | 28% | 7.2% | 2.5% |
| Blaye 5,066 · 3.5 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 5.5% |
| Pauillac 5,190 · 6.5 mi | 44 | 22% | 3% | 23% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 8 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 9.1 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc 4,914 · 9.9 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 3% | 5.1% |
| Margaux-Cantenac 2,845 · 10 mi | 41.8 | 17% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
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 Fours
What is the population of Fours?
260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Fours’ residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fours?
10, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fours?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fours?
€23,290 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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