Festigny is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.7
2.8% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 60%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Festigny is home to 92 residents in 47 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Festigny
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Festigny, 24% of its 72 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Festigny’s residents are under 58.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Festigny had 78 residents at the 2012 census and 92 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Festigny, 24% of homes are second homes, more 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
The share of empty homes tops 84% of compared French towns: 11%. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car in Festigny. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +18% change since 2012: faster than 87% 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, +14% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Yonne.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Festigny 58.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 37% of residents are 65 or over in Festigny. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Festigny: 20% of households are single parents, above 99% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 40%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (60%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 93% of compared French towns: 1.1%. The wider picture: 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.
Only 36% of residents 15 and over are married in Festigny
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
By its share of single residents (24%), Festigny is below 63% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Festigny comes in at 33%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 92 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as old as Festigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festigny | 58.7 | 37% | 24% | 1.1% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 6.9 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 16.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 16.8 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 17.1 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 18 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
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 Festigny
What is the population of Festigny?
92 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (78).
How old are Festigny’s residents?
The median age is 58.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Festigny?
17, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Festigny?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.