Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Fley is over 54.8
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 192 residents and 75 households in Fley. Locally, 56% of households are headed by a retired person. Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of homes are flats locally.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Fley
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fley, 31% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% 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
Fley had 235 residents at the 2012 census and 192 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Fley’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Fley (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 6.9% for the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Fley, 31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
6.3% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−18% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −10%; 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Fley ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fley 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 19% 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are one person living alone in Fley. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€29,320 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.
Half of Fley’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Fley sits below 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (6.3%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
Fley ranks above 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 16%
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.
Here 15% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. On average, 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.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 42% of residents 15 and over are single
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: 38%, below 82% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fley: 52% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 94% 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
Just over one in ten adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 192 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 Fley
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fley | 54.8 | 31% | 31% | 16% |
| Givry 3,598 · 8.9 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 4.1% | 2.4% |
| Montchanin 4,976 · 9.4 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 2.4% | 7.8% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 11 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 11.2 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 11.7 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Blanzy 5,955 · 11.9 mi | 53 | 32% | 0.9% | 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 Fley
What is the population of Fley?
192 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (235).
How old are Fley’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 8.9% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fley?
37, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fley?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fley?
€29,320 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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