A town of second homes: 24% of its homes
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Froidos’s 45 households held 97 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 36: 2.8% of homes are flats. 4.3% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
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 Froidos
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Froidos, 24% of its 67 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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.
In Froidos, 9.2% of homes stand empty, more than in 74% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 8.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 81% 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 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
Froidos sits below 78% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Froidos 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 44.7, Froidos is older than 54% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 22% of households are couples with children
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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Froidos, 33% of households are one person living alone. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
In Froidos, 44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 92% 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. Measured more widely, 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).
In Froidos, 1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Froidos ranks below 83% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 26% of adults out of school have no 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Froidos has 24%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 97 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Froidos, 3 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Froidos | 44.7 | 18% | 24% | 1% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 9.9 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 13 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 13.8 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 14.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
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 Froidos
What is the population of Froidos?
97 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (100).
How old are Froidos’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Froidos?
16, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Froidos?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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