A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 41%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 59 residents in 32 households. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 17%. The figure for flats is 2% in Forcey and 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Marne 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 Forcey
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Forcey, 16% of its 50 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 88% 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
Forcey had 74 residents at the 2012 census and 59 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Forcey’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Forcey: 20% of homes stand empty, above 99% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Forcey has 16%. By contrast, at 6.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 78% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
Since 2012, Forcey has changed by −20%, slower than 99% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haute-Marne town −9%. The change was −14% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Forcey 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 51.5, Forcey is older than 88% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 50% in Forcey, more than in 94% 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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.8 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In Forcey, 17% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
50% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.7% of residents are immigrants in Forcey
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Marne has 7.8%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 59 here (1.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 88% 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
At 24%, the share of single residents is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Forcey comes in at 22%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (59 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Forcey is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Forcey
What is the population of Forcey?
59 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (74).
How old are Forcey’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Forcey?
8, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Forcey?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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