Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 2%
45% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Frizon’s 200 households held 485 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats: 5.8% of the total. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8% here, fewer than in 85% 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 Frizon
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 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.
Frizon changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, 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
The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 53% of compared French towns: half of Frizon is over 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Frizon 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 34%, a higher share than 91% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 13% of homes stand empty
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
Here 3.3% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. At the same time, on households without a car, Frizon sits lower than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.1%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 36%.
Median standard of living: €26,010 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,010 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 86% of compared French towns: 5%
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, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Frizon, 17%. On average, nearly one in ten 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).
Frizon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.4% in Frizon. Set beside that, 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 91% 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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Frizon. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Frizon
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
Higher than in half of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 485 to 2,582 people: this is the 17th youngest
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).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Frizon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frizon | 44.6 | 23% | 3.3% | 1% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 3.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 6.7 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 7.2 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 8.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 8.8 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 10.6 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
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 Frizon
What is the population of Frizon?
485 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (480).
How old are Frizon’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frizon?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frizon?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Frizon?
€26,010 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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