A median age of 53.1: Francheville is older than 91% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 130 residents in 63 households. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in four here (23%). The figure for one-person households is 31% in Francheville and 35% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Francheville
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Francheville, 21% of its 88 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Francheville had 160 residents at the 2012 census and 130 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Francheville’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 7.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 8%, more than in 64% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Francheville changed by −19% since 2012
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 median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −13%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Francheville 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Francheville comes in at 28%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 23%
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,660 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 62% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Francheville comes in at 15%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Francheville sits below 90% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.2%)
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a reference point, 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.
In Francheville, 60% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Francheville. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Francheville
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
With adults with no qualification at 24%, Francheville is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 130 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Francheville, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francheville | 53.1 | 28% | 21% | 2.2% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 7.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 10.9 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 12.2 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 14.1 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 16 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 16.2 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 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 Francheville
What is the population of Francheville?
130 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (160).
How old are Francheville’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Francheville?
18, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Francheville?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Francheville?
€26,660 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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