A higher share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns, at 36%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fremifontaine had 428 residents in 190 households at the 2023 Census. Here, nearly one in ten homes are flats. Nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%.
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 Fremifontaine
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fremifontaine had 479 residents at the 2012 census and 428 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −9% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −6% in Vosges.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Fremifontaine is over 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fremifontaine 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.2%), Fremifontaine is below 77% of compared French towns. The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over locally.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fremifontaine sits below 92% of compared French towns for one-person households (26%)
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
With single-parent households at 7.7%, Fremifontaine is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. Each household has 2.2 people on average. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 4.1% in Fremifontaine, less than in 94% 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 the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Fremifontaine, 4.7%. 5.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.1% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more.
The median resident lives on €24,180 a year per consumption unit
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 median standard of living in Fremifontaine is €24,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Fremifontaine has 7.7%. By way of comparison, 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 91% of compared French towns, at 2%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 98% of compared French towns: 0.7%. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
With married residents at 45%, Fremifontaine is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification: 19% of the total. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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).
Fremifontaine is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremifontaine | 46.3 | 23% | 4.7% | 2% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 4.6 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 5.5 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 9.7 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 11.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 12 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 12.5 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
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 Fremifontaine
What is the population of Fremifontaine?
428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (479).
How old are Fremifontaine’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fremifontaine?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fremifontaine?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fremifontaine?
€24,180 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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