A median age of 65.2: Neuffontaines is older than 99% of compared French towns
In Neuffontaines, 20% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. There were 51 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 87 residents. For Neuffontaines, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 50%. Fewer households without a car than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.9%.
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 Neuffontaines
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Neuffontaines, 39% of its 140 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Neuffontaines’ residents are under 65.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 51% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Neuffontaines had 110 residents at the 2012 census and 87 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
39% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 23% of homes stand empty. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−21% since 2012: slower than 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 −5%; 2017 to 2023, −16%.
Neuffontaines sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (51%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neuffontaines 65.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (4.6%), Neuffontaines is below 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Neuffontaines
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Neuffontaines has 40%. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Households average 1.7 people.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 77% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 74% of compared French towns: 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Neuffontaines (5.7%). The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 77% 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
The share of married residents stands at 43%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Neuffontaines, less than in 89% 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: 24% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 87 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Neuffontaines (65.2), the oldest.
Neuffontaines is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Neuffontaines
What is the population of Neuffontaines?
87 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (110).
How old are Neuffontaines’ residents?
The median age is 65.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8% are under 18 and 51% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neuffontaines?
54, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neuffontaines?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.3%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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