Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.5% of households have no car
Second homes make up 8.8%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At 28%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Fouchères is home to 442 residents in 200 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 59: 1.7% of homes are flats.
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.
Slower growth than 52% of compared French towns: Fouchères changed by +4% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Fouchères is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fouchères 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.6%), Fouchères is below 87% of compared French towns.
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%.
Fouchères sits below 84% of compared French towns for one-person households (28%)
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Fouchères has 28%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Fouchères, the census puts single-parent households at 7.7%.
98% of homes are houses
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 2.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 7.1%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,630 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.
At €26,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Fouchères ranks above 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Fouchères comes in at 13%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Fouchères (31%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 91% 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.
In Fouchères, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married here. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Fouchères
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Fouchères. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
Around Fouchères, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouchères | 48.5 | 28% | 8.8% | 2% |
| Paron 4,834 · 5.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Sens 27,106 · 7.2 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 7.8 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 8.3 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 9.5 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 10.8 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
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 Fouchères
What is the population of Fouchères?
442 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (424).
How old are Fouchères’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fouchères?
21, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fouchères?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fouchères?
€26,630 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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