A larger share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 237 people lived in Fiménil, in 110 households. Across Fiménil, 28% of households are headed by a manual worker. 6.9% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Fiménil
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fiménil, 15% of its 130 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 7%, a lower share than 73% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 5% in Fiménil. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%.
Fiménil changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 78% 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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −6% in Vosges.
A median age of 49.8: Fiménil is older than 82% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fiménil 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. For Fiménil, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fiménil sits below 73% of compared French towns for one-person households (31%)
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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people. Fewer couples with children than in 57% of compared French towns: 24%.
A typical living standard of €25,590 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 €25,590 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 78% of compared French towns: 27%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 14% in Fiménil and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fiménil ranks below 88% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.4%
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: 1.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, below 66% 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
Single residents make up about one in four here (26%). Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fiménil sits below 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Fiménil are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiménil | 49.8 | 19% | 15% | 2.4% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 1.9 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 4.3 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 7.7 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Gérardmer 7,581 · 10.5 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 41% | 6.8% |
| Anould 3,234 · 10.9 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 11.7 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
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 Fiménil
What is the population of Fiménil?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (242).
How old are Fiménil’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fiménil?
20, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fiménil?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fiménil?
€25,590 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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