Below 96% of compared French towns: 3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are couples with children here. Feurs’s 4,210 households held 8,367 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 53% of homes are flats in the town. At 9.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Feurs
An older town
Half of Feurs’ residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Feurs ahead of 55% 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 +4%, then +2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Loire town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%.
Feurs is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Feurs 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Feurs sits above 87% of compared French towns for one-person households (46%)
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Nearly one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Feurs sits above 84% of compared French towns for households without a car (21%)
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
Car-free households: one in five, where the median compared French town has 11%. Census figures put households in social housing at 13% in Feurs. Lower than in just over half of compared French towns: 2% of homes are second homes.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,840 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,840 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 16.0% of residents.
In Feurs, 45% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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 manual worker make up 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Feurs: 6.7% of residents are immigrants
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 Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over half of compared French towns. Here, 5.2% 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.
In Feurs, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 58% 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
In Feurs, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
With graduates of higher education at 20%, Feurs is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (8,240 to 8,492 people), the 8th 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 Groslay (37.9), the oldest Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (63.7).
Feurs and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feurs | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
| Balbigny 2,911 · 5.6 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 3.1% | 5.6% |
| Panissières 2,911 · 6.6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 7.2% | 3% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 7 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 10.6 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 10.7 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 11.1 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
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 Feurs
What is the population of Feurs?
8,367 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (7,893).
How old are Feurs’ residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Feurs?
98, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Feurs?
INSEE counts 560 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 440 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Feurs?
€23,840 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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