1.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). At the 2023 Census Féron was home to 514 people in 210 households. Here, 27% of households are one person living alone. With a median age of 46.2, Féron is older than 65% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Féron
Fewer residents than in 2012
Féron had 572 residents at the 2012 census and 514 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Féron behind 97% 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 change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 57% of compared French towns: 21%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Féron 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.1% of households are single parents in Féron
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are couples with children in Féron. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Féron, 6.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 75% 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: 8.9% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 51% of compared French towns: 6.8% of homes stand empty. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. 2.1% of homes are second homes.
€23,920 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Half of Féron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,920 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns: 7.2%
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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, below 85% 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 59.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Féron, 23%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Féron sits above 64% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (22%)
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 514 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Féron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Féron | 46.2 | 21% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| Wignehies 2,804 · 2.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Fourmies 11,449 · 2.3 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Sains-du-Nord 2,755 · 3.4 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Trélon 2,604 · 3.8 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 2.1% | 5.9% |
| Anor 3,099 · 5.3 mi | 41.3 | 21% | 3% | 6.6% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 6.9 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Féron
What is the population of Féron?
514 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (572).
How old are Féron’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Féron?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Féron?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Féron?
€23,920 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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