Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.8% of homes are flats
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. There were 430 households in Fyé at the 2023 Census, home to 1,013 residents. Locally, 29% of households are one person living alone. 8.6% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 70% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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 Fyé
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 68% of compared French towns: Fyé changed by ±0% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Fyé is younger than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fyé 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 21% in Fyé and 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
In Fyé, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. About one in 17: that is how common single-parent households are in Fyé (5.8%). The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
5.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 83% 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
9.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Fewer households without a car than in 82% of compared French towns: 5.8%. By contrast, in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Fyé has 3.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,100 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,100 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Only 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Fyé
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
28% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.9% in Fyé, less than in 92% 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.
Here 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 58% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Fyé, less than in 88% 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
On adults with no qualification, Fyé sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 19%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,013 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Fyé sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyé | 42.8 | 21% | 3.1% | 1.9% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 3 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 6.5 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 7.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 13.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 16 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 17 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
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 Fyé
What is the population of Fyé?
1,013 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,010).
How old are Fyé’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fyé?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fyé?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fyé?
€24,100 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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