A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Fournes-en-Weppes has 12%. Census day 2023: 2,179 residents and 950 households locally. On the census count, 4.4% of households have no car. Fewer households in social housing than in 85% of compared French towns: 5.2%.
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 Fournes-en-Weppes
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 22% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 60% 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 +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%, a lower share than 79% 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
■ Fournes-en-Weppes 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Fournes-en-Weppes is 46.1, higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Fournes-en-Weppes, 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 71% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are couples with children in Fournes-en-Weppes. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. 9.9% of households are single parents, or about one in ten.
Fournes-en-Weppes sits below 83% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.4%)
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
Of all households, 7.9% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Fournes-en-Weppes has fewer second homes than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 1%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €33,410 a year
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €33,410 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 94% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 4.0% of residents are below the line.
Fournes-en-Weppes ranks below 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 7.9%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 31% in Fournes-en-Weppes and 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 90% of compared French towns: 2.2% of residents are immigrants
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 make up 1.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 87% of compared French towns, at 49%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 52% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 12%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,179 to 2,582 people, the 19th oldest
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 Fournes-en-Weppes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fournes-en-Weppes | 46.1 | 23% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes 5,638 · 1.9 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| Wavrin 7,758 · 2.6 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Santes 5,652 · 3.2 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.5% | 2% |
| Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin 4,683 · 3.6 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Salomé 3,182 · 4.3 mi | 38.2 | 15% | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| Allennes-les-Marais 3,545 · 4.4 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 0.7% | 2% |
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 Fournes-en-Weppes
What is the population of Fournes-en-Weppes?
2,179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,126).
How old are Fournes-en-Weppes’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fournes-en-Weppes?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fournes-en-Weppes?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fournes-en-Weppes?
€33,410 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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