More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 42%
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 92% of compared French towns: 14%. Chaneins counted 1,046 residents and 410 households at the 2023 Census. Across Chaneins, 2.7% of households have no car. At 13%, the share of flats is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Chaneins
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 9.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Chaneins had 817 residents at the 2012 census and 1,046 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +28% change since 2012: faster than 96% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, +15%.
Chaneins is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 39
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaneins 39. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Chaneins comes in at 9.9%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 97% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.5 people share a household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Fewer single-parent households than in 53% of compared French towns: 9.8%.
Only 6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Chaneins
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
Of all households, 8.1% moved in during the last two years and 14% have stayed three decades or more. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. At 4.8%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.7%.
The median resident lives on €28,540 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 Chaneins is €28,540 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
21% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 93% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Chaneins. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a manual worker than in 86% of compared French towns: 21%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chaneins ranks below 92% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.2%
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Chaneins comes in at 2.9%. That is lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Chaneins: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 86% 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
In Chaneins, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 79% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,046 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Chaneins
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaneins | 39 | 14% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône 3,799 · 4.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne 5,250 · 5.2 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 2.3% | 4.9% |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais 14,016 · 5.8 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 6 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Fareins 2,533 · 6.9 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 6.9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 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 Chaneins
What is the population of Chaneins?
1,046 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (817).
How old are Chaneins’ residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaneins?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaneins?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaneins?
€28,540 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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