1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Here 6.9% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Fréland counted 1,288 residents and 570 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.3%. At 4.6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haut-Rhin 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 Fréland
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 88 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fréland, 12% of its 720 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fréland had 1,377 residents at the 2012 census and 1,288 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 12% in Fréland, more than in 90% 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
In Fréland, 7.9% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. Fewer flats than in 84% of compared French towns: 12%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 92% 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
The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Fréland is over 49.5, older than 81% 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
■ Fréland 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Fréland comes in at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Fréland sits higher than four fifths of compared French towns: 31%.
Standard of living at the median: €27,200 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 Fréland’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 70% of compared French towns: 36%
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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.
In Fréland, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Fréland, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
Here nearly half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Graduates of higher education come to 29% in Fréland, about three in ten. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,288 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Fréland are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fréland | 49.5 | 25% | 12% | 3.3% |
| Orbey 3,429 · 3.9 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 12% | 3.7% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 4.3 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 5 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 6.1 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Turckheim 4,139 · 7.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 9.4% | 7.3% |
| Ingersheim 4,774 · 7.6 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 6.6% | 13% |
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 Fréland
What is the population of Fréland?
1,288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,377).
How old are Fréland’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fréland?
88, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fréland?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fréland?
€27,200 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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