A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fromentières counted 382 residents and 160 households at the 2023 Census. 4.9% of households have no car. With households headed by a manager or professional at 3.1%, Fromentières is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Fromentières
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fromentières’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 77% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Marne town −2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 85% 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
■ Fromentières 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Fromentières’s residents are under 42.9, younger than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (10%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. The figure for single-parent households is 6.3% in Fromentières and 10% in the typical compared French town.
10% of homes stand empty, more than in 79% 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
8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. On second homes, Fromentières sits higher than 72% of compared French towns: 4.1%.
The median resident lives on €26,430 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Fromentières ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 25%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Fromentières has 40%. Typically, 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).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 86% of compared French towns
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% 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 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Fromentières
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Fromentières has 44%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fromentières ranks below 85% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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 Fromentières, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 382 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Fromentières, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fromentières | 42.9 | 16% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 7.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 11.8 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 12.9 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 13.9 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 15.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 17.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
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 Fromentières
What is the population of Fromentières?
382 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (389).
How old are Fromentières’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fromentières?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fromentières?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fromentières?
€26,430 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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