Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Forgeot is over 56.8
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Saint-Forgeot has 0.8%. The town is home to 435 residents in 210 households, by the 2023 Census. 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Saint-Forgeot
An older town
Half of Saint-Forgeot’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Forgeot had 493 residents at the 2012 census and 435 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 98% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns: 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Forgeot 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Saint-Forgeot, 31% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 16% of households are couples with children in Saint-Forgeot
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
Here 7.1% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. One-person households are rarer here than in 81% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Saint-Forgeot ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households without a car: 4.8%
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
The share of empty homes tops 78% of compared French towns: 9.8%. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. The census found that 4.5% of homes are second homes in Saint-Forgeot.
€25,000 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 €25,000 a year: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Saint-Forgeot: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 85% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Saint-Forgeot. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 73% of compared French towns
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.
The median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 4.1% in Saint-Forgeot.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saint-Forgeot has 52%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 19%
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 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (435 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Forgeot
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Forgeot | 56.8 | 31% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Autun 13,172 · 2.9 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Le Creusot 20,509 · 15 mi | 48.4 | 30% | 1.9% | 14% |
| Le Breuil 3,538 · 15.6 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 1.7% | 7.5% |
| Torcy 2,678 · 16.3 mi | 46.1 | 28% | 1% | 17% |
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 Saint-Forgeot
What is the population of Saint-Forgeot?
435 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (493).
How old are Saint-Forgeot’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Forgeot?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Forgeot?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Forgeot?
€25,000 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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