Félines-Minervois is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.6
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Félines-Minervois has 3.1%. Census day 2023: 502 residents and 260 households in the town. Households in social housing account for 2%. 43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Félines-Minervois
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Félines-Minervois, 25% of its 390 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Félines-Minervois’ residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
25% of homes are second homes, more than in 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
10% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Félines-Minervois has 9.5%.
Félines-Minervois grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 71% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Hérault town +13%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.2% in Félines-Minervois, less than in 99% 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
■ Félines-Minervois 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Félines-Minervois is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 19%, a lower share than 79% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 7.6% of households are single parents here. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,110 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.
The median standard of living in Félines-Minervois is €22,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Félines-Minervois ranks below 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.7%
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. On households headed by a retired person, Félines-Minervois sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
Here 7.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 38% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Félines-Minervois, 28%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (502 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Félines-Minervois
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Félines-Minervois | 53.6 | 31% | 25% | 11% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 11.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 11.6 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 12.3 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 13.3 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 15 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 15.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Félines-Minervois
What is the population of Félines-Minervois?
502 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (454).
How old are Félines-Minervois’ residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Félines-Minervois?
96, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Félines-Minervois?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Félines-Minervois?
€22,110 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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