Fresnay-le-Samson is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fresnay-le-Samson is home to 108 residents in 52 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 3.8% here. Empty homes: 1.3% here and 6.7% 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 Fresnay-le-Samson
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fresnay-le-Samson, 33% of its 79 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Fresnay-le-Samson’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 33%
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. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 12% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 77% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Orne town, the change came in two steps: −21% from 2012 to 2017, then +24% to 2023.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fresnay-le-Samson 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Average household size: 2.1 people. 36% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
Above 95% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Fresnay-le-Samson has 18%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 76% of compared French towns: 27%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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.
Put another way, about one in 27: 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. Measured more widely, 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.
Fresnay-le-Samson ranks below 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 35%
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Fresnay-le-Samson is below 72% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 28% in Fresnay-le-Samson, more than in 86% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 108 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Fresnay-le-Samson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresnay-le-Samson | 53.7 | 22% | 33% | 3.7% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 3.6 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 8.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 9.4 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 13.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 13.6 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 13.8 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
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 Fresnay-le-Samson
What is the population of Fresnay-le-Samson?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (110).
How old are Fresnay-le-Samson’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fresnay-le-Samson?
26, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fresnay-le-Samson?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.7%). 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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