Half of Fraize is over 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns
In Fraize, 9.6% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The town had 2,843 residents in 1,410 households at the 2023 Census. Across Fraize, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have so few couples with children: 18% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Fraize
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fraize had 3,069 residents at the 2012 census and 2,843 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Fraize’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Fraize behind 94% 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 Vosges town −6%.
Fraize sits above 86% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fraize 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 82% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Households here average 1.9 people each. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.2% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fraize: 13% of homes stand empty, above 91% 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
In Fraize, 35% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. 14% of households have no car. This Vosges town has fewer households in social housing than half of compared French towns, at 12%. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,200 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 €23,200 a year: lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 17.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are headed by a retired person in Fraize. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.2%, a lower share than 90% of compared French towns
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.3% in Fraize and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% 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.
Fraize sits below 80% of compared French towns for married residents (38%)
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Fraize (24%). In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 38% and 5.6%, and 12% are widowed.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 32% in Fraize and 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,810 to 2,876 people: this is the 12th 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.
Miremont is the youngest (37.7); L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île the oldest (66.6).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Fraize
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraize | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Anould 3,234 · 2.6 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 7.5 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Orbey 3,429 · 8.2 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 12% | 3.7% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 9.2 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Gérardmer 7,581 · 9.8 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 41% | 6.8% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 10.1 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
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 Fraize
What is the population of Fraize?
2,843 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (3,069).
How old are Fraize’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fraize?
170, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fraize?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fraize?
€23,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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