In Fresse, 1.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Fresse has 3.3%. In Fresse, nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person. Empty homes are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Fresse was home to 687 people in 330 households.
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 Fresse
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fresse, 25% of its 520 homes: higher than in 94% 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
Fresse had 739 residents at the 2012 census and 687 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Fresse’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fresse: 25% of homes are second homes, above 94% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.7% (under two years).
−7% since 2012, a pace below 93% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −5% to 2023.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Fresse is over 51
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fresse 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Fresse. Higher than in 85% of compared French towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Fresse sits lower than two thirds of compared French towns: 22%. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five households are one person living alone here.
The median resident lives on €24,310 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €24,310 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 63% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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
In Fresse, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fresse sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.6%)
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.2% in Fresse. Measured more widely, 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.
Fresse: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 69% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 66% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 687 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Fresse is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresse | 51 | 30% | 25% | 2.6% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 4.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 4.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Giromagny 2,907 · 7.4 mi | 51 | 29% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Le Thillot 3,167 · 9.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 8.1% | 10% |
| Lure 7,877 · 9.5 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Valdoie 5,175 · 10.3 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.6% | 8.6% |
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 Fresse
What is the population of Fresse?
687 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (739).
How old are Fresse’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fresse?
130, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fresse?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fresse?
€24,310 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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