Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 136 residents and 61 households in Fescamps. A quarter of households are one person living alone. The share of households headed by a retired person is 42%, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Fescamps
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fescamps, 14% of its 79 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Fescamps had 146 residents at the 2012 census and 136 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fescamps sits above 90% of compared French towns for second homes (14%)
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
Here 8.9% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 6.6%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Fescamps has changed by −7%, slower than 93% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Somme town −3%.
Fescamps is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fescamps 49. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
61 households; 25% are one person
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,000 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,000 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 8.3%, a lower share than 86% 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
Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The usual figure: 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 67 here (1.5%). The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fescamps sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Fescamps, 41%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (30%), Fescamps is above 92% of compared French towns.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 136 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Fescamps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fescamps | 49 | 26% | 14% | 1.5% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 4.8 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Roye 5,833 · 6.2 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 12.1 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 12.9 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 13.8 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 14.2 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
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 Fescamps
What is the population of Fescamps?
136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (146).
How old are Fescamps’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fescamps?
11, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fescamps?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fescamps?
€24,000 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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