Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Fédry is over 61.8
Couples with children: 10% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. 6% of households have no car, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. Fédry had 92 residents in 53 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person: 70% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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 Fédry
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fédry, 17% of its 89 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fédry’s residents are under 61.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fédry had 103 residents at the 2012 census and 92 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fédry: 24% 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
One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Second homes are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Fédry has changed by −11%, slower than 98% 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 Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 40%, a higher share than 98% 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
■ Fédry 61.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 97% of compared French towns: 6.9%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
40% of households are one person living alone, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.7 people. Single-parent households 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 largest group of households: retired (70%)
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 manager or professional 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Fédry has 2.3%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% 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.
Fédry sits below 75% of compared French towns for married residents (39%)
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, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 63% 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
Fédry has fewer graduates of higher education than 52% of compared French towns, at 29%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Fédry is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fédry | 61.8 | 40% | 17% | 2.3% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 9.1 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 12.2 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 13.1 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Gray 5,365 · 17.9 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
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 Fédry
What is the population of Fédry?
92 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (103).
How old are Fédry’s residents?
The median age is 61.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fédry?
15, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fédry?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.3%). 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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