39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Two thirds of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In Lafauche, a third of households are single parents. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 35 households held 74 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Lafauche
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lafauche, 20% of its 49 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lafauche had 86 residents at the 2012 census and 74 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Lafauche’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes in Lafauche are second homes
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
Empty homes: 8.2% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 11% of households have no car in Lafauche.
A −14% change since 2012: 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
Here the change came as −10% to 2017, then −4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −9% in Haute-Marne.
Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Lafauche is over 53
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lafauche 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Lafauche comes in at 15%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 2.1 people.
The largest group of households: retired (67%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lafauche, 6.8% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 68% 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.
In Lafauche, 8.1% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Marne has 7.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 stands at 25%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Lafauche. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 74 to 2,582
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 Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Lafauche and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafauche | 53 | 39% | 20% | 8.1% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 9.9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
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 Lafauche
What is the population of Lafauche?
74 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (86).
How old are Lafauche’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lafauche?
10, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lafauche?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (6.8%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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