Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Frignicourt is over 53.7
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Frignicourt has 11%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 19%, more than in 80% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Frignicourt was home to 1,747 people in 870 households. Across Frignicourt, 13% of homes are flats.
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 Frignicourt
An older town
Half of Frignicourt’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Frignicourt had 1,839 residents at the 2012 census and 1,747 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Frignicourt changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 88% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Marne town −2%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7%, a lower share than 97% 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
■ Frignicourt 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Frignicourt and 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of couples with children than 82% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Each household has 2 people on average. 9.6% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Frignicourt, 36%.
Households without a car: 7.7%, a lower share than 68% of compared French towns
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Frignicourt sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 1.4%. 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 13% here.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,900 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 Frignicourt is €24,900 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 35% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 9.7% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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).
Frignicourt sits below 73% of compared French towns for immigrants (4%)
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 2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Frignicourt
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married in Frignicourt. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Frignicourt ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
Adults with no qualification: 28% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,747 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Frignicourt is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frignicourt | 53.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 1.2 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 17.5 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Frignicourt
What is the population of Frignicourt?
1,747 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,839).
How old are Frignicourt’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frignicourt?
14, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frignicourt?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Frignicourt?
€24,900 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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