Fontaines-Saint-Clair is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.5
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 35 residents and 22 households in Fontaines-Saint-Clair. The census found that 6.3% of homes are flats in the town. Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Fontaines-Saint-Clair has 40%.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Fontaines-Saint-Clair
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontaines-Saint-Clair, 47% of its 45 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 95% 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
Fontaines-Saint-Clair had 47 residents at the 2012 census and 35 in 2023, down 26%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
60% of Fontaines-Saint-Clair’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 53% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Fontaines-Saint-Clair’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 47%
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
One household in eight has no car (median compared French town: 11%). As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 4.5% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A change of −26% since 2012 leaves Fontaines-Saint-Clair behind 99% 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 +17%; 2017 to 2023, −36%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Meuse town −8%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 2.6% in Fontaines-Saint-Clair, less than in 99% 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
■ Fontaines-Saint-Clair 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fontaines-Saint-Clair sits above 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (60%)
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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.6 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 83% of compared French towns
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a third 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).
Fontaines-Saint-Clair sits below 86% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.6%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
26% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 59% 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
Compared with other places, married residents are common here: 44%, more than in 59% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 9.1%, a lower share than 99% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 42% of adults out of school have no qualification here. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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).
Fontaines-Saint-Clair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaines-Saint-Clair | 54.5 | 38% | 47% | 2.6% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 14.9 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 15 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 16.2 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Longuyon 5,134 · 17.2 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 1.4% | 12% |
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 Fontaines-Saint-Clair
What is the population of Fontaines-Saint-Clair?
35 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% fewer than in 2012 (47).
How old are Fontaines-Saint-Clair’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontaines-Saint-Clair?
21, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontaines-Saint-Clair?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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