Households without a car: 3.4%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Chevennes is home to 136 residents in 59 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 3.1% of homes stand empty locally. The share of households headed by a manual worker is 50%, against 14% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Chevennes
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 81% 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, −11% to 2017 and +9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Aisne.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 70% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chevennes 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.5, Chevennes is younger than 54% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 12% here, about one in ten. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Chevennes, 17%. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 33% of households are couples with children, or about one in three.
More second homes than 75% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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
27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 1.7% moved in within the last two years. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €21,900 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 €21,900 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
3.7% of residents are foreign nationals, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns. 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 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Chevennes
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
Married residents make up 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
11% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 136 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Chevennes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevennes | 43.5 | 19% | 4.7% | 2.9% |
| Guise 4,490 · 7.6 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 8 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 16.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 16.9 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 17.1 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 17.3 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
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 Chevennes
What is the population of Chevennes?
136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (140).
How old are Chevennes’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevennes?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevennes?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevennes?
€21,900 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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