Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Frontenac is over 54.2
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 67 people lived in Frontenac, in 38 households. Couples with children come to 12% locally, about one in ten. In Frontenac, 1.6% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Frontenac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Frontenac, 36% of its 63 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Frontenac’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Frontenac’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 50% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Frontenac had 71 residents at the 2012 census and 67 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 36% of its 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 29 here (3.4%).
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Frontenac: −6%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Lot town −1%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Frontenac 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Frontenac, 28% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
In Frontenac, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.8 people on average.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 74% of compared French towns: 11% 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.
In Frontenac, 7.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Married residents come to 42% in Frontenac, about four in ten. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 81% 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
In Frontenac, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 67 to 2,582
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).
1 of 5 neighbors are older than Frontenac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenac | 54.2 | 28% | 36% | 11% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 5.5 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 5.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 13.4 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 14 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 14.1 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
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 Frontenac
What is the population of Frontenac?
67 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (71).
How old are Frontenac’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 9.2% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frontenac?
23, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frontenac?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (7.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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