2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.4% of homes are flats. Fréteval’s 500 households held 1,063 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Fréteval
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fréteval, 20% of its 700 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% 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
Fréteval had 1,134 residents at the 2012 census and 1,063 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 20% of homes 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
Households without a car make up 9.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 9.1% in Fréteval. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Fréteval’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 91% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Loir-et-Cher. Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Half of Fréteval is over 46.9, older than 69% 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
■ Fréteval 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Fréteval.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Fréteval, 20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 75% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
39% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
€24,560 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,560 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
The census found that 15% of households are headed by a manual worker in Fréteval. 2% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 42% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.4%, a lower share than 88% 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.
The median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Fréteval, 1.4% 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.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, below 59% 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
For Fréteval, the census puts single residents at 25%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns: 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Fréteval, 23%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,063 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Fréteval sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fréteval | 46.9 | 26% | 20% | 2.4% |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 7.7 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 8.1 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 9.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Châteaudun 12,830 · 13.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.8% | 17% |
| Vald'Yerre 3,609 · 14.6 mi | 49 | 29% | 17% | 3.8% |
| Beauce la Romaine 3,341 · 14.8 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 7.3% | 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 Fréteval
What is the population of Fréteval?
1,063 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,134).
How old are Fréteval’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fréteval?
140, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fréteval?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fréteval?
€24,560 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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