Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
Here 31% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Higher than in 87% of compared French towns: 9.2% of homes are second homes. The 2023 Census put Fontguenand’s population at 248, in 110 households. Households in social housing make up about one in 29 here (3.5%).
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Fontguenand
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 53% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Indre.
Fontguenand sits above 74% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontguenand 44. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Fontguenand is 44, higher than in half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 73 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 85% 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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By contrast, the share of one-person households is 42%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
11% of homes stand empty, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. 6% of households have no car, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,460 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 Fontguenand is €22,460 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
51% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 98% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.4% of residents are immigrants in Fontguenand
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 88% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 87% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Fontguenand comes in at 22%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 97% of compared French towns: 34%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 248 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Fontguenand
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontguenand | 44 | 26% | 9.2% | 2.4% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 4.4 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 5.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 2,631 · 7.9 mi | 53 | 34% | 11% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 8.9 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 12 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 13.9 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
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 Fontguenand
What is the population of Fontguenand?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (235).
How old are Fontguenand’s residents?
The median age is 44, older than 50% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontguenand?
13, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontguenand?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontguenand?
€22,460 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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