A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.5%
Here 3.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. In Foucherolles, 5% of residents are 15 to 24. Fewer single-parent households than in 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%. The town had 319 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Foucherolles
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Foucherolles, 19% of its 210 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 19%
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
The share of households without a car is 6.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in ten here (10%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 54% of compared French towns: Foucherolles changed by +4% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Loiret town, the change came in two steps: −9% from 2012 to 2017, then +15% to 2023.
Half of Foucherolles is over 49.6, older than 81% 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
■ Foucherolles 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of Foucherolles’ residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Loiret town and 22% in the median compared French town; 18% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 28%, a higher share than 63% 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. One-person households are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,160 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €24,160 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
In Foucherolles, 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Foucherolles has 34%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Foucherolles
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Foucherolles. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%.
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 single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Foucherolles. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Foucherolles. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 319 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Foucherolles sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foucherolles | 49.6 | 28% | 19% | 3.1% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 5.3 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Ferrières-en-Gâtinais 3,839 · 9.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| Dordives 3,277 · 11.4 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 8.6% | 10% |
| Paron 4,834 · 13 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 13.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Amilly 13,582 · 13.4 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
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 Foucherolles
What is the population of Foucherolles?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (307).
How old are Foucherolles’ residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foucherolles?
38, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foucherolles?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foucherolles?
€24,160 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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