Below 99% of compared French towns: 2% of households are headed by a manager or professional
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 12%. Households without a car are more common here than in 68% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,045 residents in 1,000 households.
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 Fressenneville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fressenneville had 2,254 residents at the 2012 census and 2,045 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Fressenneville’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Fressenneville: −9%
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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Fressenneville is over 50.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fressenneville 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 28%, Fressenneville is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 21% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Fewer single-parent households than in four fifths of compared French towns: 8%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Fressenneville, 9.3% of homes stand empty, more than in 75% 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
At 2.9%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Fressenneville has fewer households in social housing than 68% of compared French towns, at 8.6%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 34%.
Half above, half below €22,920 a year in standard of living
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,920 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
In Fressenneville, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
45% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fressenneville ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.8%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Fressenneville comes in at 0.4%. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Fressenneville
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 13% in Fressenneville, less than in 99% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Fressenneville. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,045 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Fressenneville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fressenneville | 50.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 0.8% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 1.7 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Eu 6,499 · 7.1 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Mers-les-Bains 2,540 · 8.1 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 50% | 1.7% |
| Le Tréport 4,378 · 8.9 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 37% | 1.8% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 9.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Criel-sur-Mer 2,527 · 11.6 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 44% | 2.6% |
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 Fressenneville
What is the population of Fressenneville?
2,045 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (2,254).
How old are Fressenneville’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fressenneville?
33, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fressenneville?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fressenneville?
€22,920 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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