Festigny ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.8%
5.7% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Festigny’s 180 households held 394 residents at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households: 5.6% of the total. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 45% here, more than in 93% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Festigny
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Festigny, 12% of its 230 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 93% 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.
12% of homes in Festigny 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
3.3% of households moved in less than two years ago; 38% have been in their home 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Festigny, 9.2% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 76% 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
A median age of 48.6: Festigny is older than 77% 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
■ Festigny 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Festigny. Put another way, about one in 11: 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 56% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €28,560 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.
The median standard of living in Festigny is €28,560 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Above 66% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker
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. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Festigny, 50%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
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
At 20%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Festigny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festigny | 48.6 | 27% | 12% | 0.8% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 5.1 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 9.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 12.2 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 14.9 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 15.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 15.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
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 Festigny
What is the population of Festigny?
394 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (400).
How old are Festigny’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Festigny?
28, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Festigny?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Festigny?
€28,560 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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