Only 1.1% of homes are flats in Romagny Fontenay
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 86% of compared French towns: 41%. Census day 2023: 1,243 residents and 570 households in Romagny Fontenay. Households in social housing make up about one in 33 here (3%). Few places have so few households without a car: 3.3% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Romagny Fontenay
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in Romagny Fontenay, 12% of its 700 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 98% 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
Romagny Fontenay had 1,348 residents at the 2012 census and 1,243 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Romagny Fontenay’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 12% 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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 33%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Romagny Fontenay sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.5%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Romagny Fontenay has changed by −8%, slower than 94% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Manche town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Half of Romagny Fontenay is over 52.2, older than 89% 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
■ Romagny Fontenay 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. The census found that 29% of residents are 65 or over in Romagny Fontenay.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 5.3%, a lower share than 98% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Romagny Fontenay, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,940 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.
At €25,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 75% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
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 share of households headed by a manual worker tops 63% of compared French towns: 16%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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.
Here, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Romagny Fontenay sits above 97% of compared French towns for married residents (52%)
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
The share of single residents trails 94% of compared French towns: 20%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 adults with no qualification at 25%, Romagny Fontenay is ahead of 76% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Romagny Fontenay and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romagny Fontenay | 52.2 | 29% | 12% | 3.8% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 2.2 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 4.9 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 7.2 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 7.2 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 8.9 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 12 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
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 Romagny Fontenay
What is the population of Romagny Fontenay?
1,243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,348).
How old are Romagny Fontenay’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Romagny Fontenay?
83, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Romagny Fontenay?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Romagny Fontenay?
€25,940 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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