A median age of 60.1: Fléty is older than 98% of compared French towns
50% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. The census found that 1.3% of homes are flats in Fléty. Few places have so few couples with children: 10% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 94, in 47 households.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Fléty
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fléty, 20% of its 70 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fléty’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fléty had 115 residents at the 2012 census and 94 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 20% of homes 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of households have no car. With empty homes at 13%, Fléty is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count.
Fléty’s population moved −18% on 2012, less than in 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
In two steps, −10% to 2017 and −9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Nièvre.
Fléty: 44% of residents are 65 or over, above 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
■ Fléty 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.9%, Fléty is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 69% of compared French towns
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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. On the census count, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 64% 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.
About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Fléty (5.9%). Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Fléty comes in at 60%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Fléty, about two in ten. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Fléty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fléty | 60.1 | 44% | 20% | 5.9% |
| Bourbon-Lancy 4,674 · 13.4 mi | 57.2 | 39% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Gueugnon 6,528 · 15.2 mi | 58 | 38% | 1.8% | 8.6% |
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 Fléty
What is the population of Fléty?
94 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (115).
How old are Fléty’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fléty?
14, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fléty?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5.9%). 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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