2.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
One-person households: 24% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. 296 residents in 120 households: that is Frettemeule at the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 43%. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.
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.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 −9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 68% of compared French towns: 9.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Frettemeule 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Frettemeule’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Frettemeule: 32% of households are couples with children, above 83% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Frettemeule has 8.7%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people.
100% of homes are houses
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
Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.7% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On empty homes, 6.2% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,100 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Frettemeule ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 23%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Frettemeule: 0% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Married residents make up 47% in Frettemeule, more than in 79% 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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
12% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 26% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 young as Frettemeule
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frettemeule | 43.5 | 17% | 2.3% | 0% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 4.8 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 7.3 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Eu 6,499 · 10.5 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 11.3 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Mers-les-Bains 2,540 · 12 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 50% | 1.7% |
| Le Tréport 4,378 · 12.6 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 37% | 1.8% |
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 Frettemeule
What is the population of Frettemeule?
296 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (293).
How old are Frettemeule’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frettemeule?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frettemeule?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Frettemeule?
€26,100 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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