In Formiguères, 78% of homes are second homes, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Formiguères, 19%. The town had 494 residents in 210 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 2.4%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Formiguères
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 860 second homes and occasional dwellings in Formiguères, 78% of its 1,090 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 57% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Formiguères had 422 residents at the 2012 census and 494 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Formiguères sits below 98% of compared French towns for empty homes (2.1%)
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 18% have been in their home 30 years or more. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. At 17%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 70% of compared French towns. The share of flats tops 64% of compared French towns: 40%.
From 2012 to 2023, Formiguères outgrew 86% of compared French towns: +17%
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
Over those years, the median Pyrénées-Orientales town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +14%, then +3% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Formiguères, less than in 81% 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
■ Formiguères 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 42.6, Formiguères is younger than just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Formiguères ranks below 71% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. 28% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 67% of compared French towns.
€24,130 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,130 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 58% 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
Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 2.4% of Formiguères’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 31% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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.
By its share of immigrants (8.5%), Formiguères is above 63% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 73% 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
Married residents: 43% of the total. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Formiguères
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
Graduates of higher education come to 29% in Formiguères, about three in ten. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (494 to 2,582 people), the 10th youngest
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).
Formiguères and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formiguères | 42.6 | 17% | 78% | 8.5% |
| Prades 6,148 · 16.4 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
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 Formiguères
What is the population of Formiguères?
494 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (422).
How old are Formiguères’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Formiguères?
860, with occasional dwellings: 78% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Formiguères?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Formiguères?
€24,130 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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