Half of Foissy-lès-Vézelay is over 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 0.9% in Foissy-lès-Vézelay and 30% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 115, in 62 households. 15% of homes stand empty, or about one in seven.
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 Foissy-lès-Vézelay
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Foissy-lès-Vézelay, 32% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Foissy-lès-Vézelay had 140 residents at the 2012 census and 115 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Foissy-lès-Vézelay’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Foissy-lès-Vézelay’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 41% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 32% of homes are second homes
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
One household in seven has no car (median compared French town: 11%). To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 4.8% of the total. On households without a car, Foissy-lès-Vézelay sits higher than two thirds of compared French towns: 15%.
A −18% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 −9% to 2017, then −10% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34%, a higher share than 93% 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
■ Foissy-lès-Vézelay 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.8%), Foissy-lès-Vézelay is below 94% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
50% of households are one person living alone, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 25%, couples with children sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€22,480 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of Foissy-lès-Vézelay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 8.3%, a lower share than 86% of compared French towns
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
Across Foissy-lès-Vézelay, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Measured more widely, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 0.9% in Foissy-lès-Vézelay, less than in 96% 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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Foissy-lès-Vézelay sits above 77% of compared French towns for single residents (30%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Foissy-lès-Vézelay, 41%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns: 28%
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
With graduates of higher education at 26%, Foissy-lès-Vézelay is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Foissy-lès-Vézelay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Foissy-lès-Vézelay
What is the population of Foissy-lès-Vézelay?
115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (140).
How old are Foissy-lès-Vézelay’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Foissy-lès-Vézelay?
37, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Foissy-lès-Vézelay?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Foissy-lès-Vézelay?
€22,480 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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