Frontenex: 26% of households rent social housing (HLM), above 88% of compared French towns
With a median age of 47, Frontenex is older than 69% of compared French towns. The town’s 890 households held 1,912 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 5.5%. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Frontenex has 49%.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Frontenex outgrew 73% of compared French towns: +11%
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 +9% for the median Savoie town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Only 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Frontenex
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Frontenex 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Frontenex.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Frontenex, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 68% 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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Fewer couples with children than in 61% of compared French towns: 23%. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.9% of households are single parents in Frontenex.
A higher share of empty homes than 64% of compared French towns, at 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
Second homes: 1.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 16% (under two years).
The median resident lives on €26,540 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €26,540 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Frontenex ranks above 89% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 22%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Frontenex comes in at 35%. The wider picture: 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).
Immigrants make up 6.9% of Frontenex’s residents
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%. Foreign nationals account for 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Frontenex
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
Locally, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Frontenex sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 1,912 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Frontenex sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenex | 47 | 24% | 1.5% | 6.9% |
| Gilly-sur-Isère 3,149 · 2.7 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Mercury 3,495 · 3.3 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Albertville 19,978 · 4.2 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 4.2% | 17% |
| Faverges-Seythenex 7,545 · 7.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 8.6% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny 4,217 · 8.8 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 6.8% | 7% |
| Ugine 7,154 · 9.8 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 7.3% | 10% |
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 Frontenex
What is the population of Frontenex?
1,912 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,720).
How old are Frontenex’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frontenex?
15, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frontenex?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Frontenex?
€26,540 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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