More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Chilly has 4.9%. There were 61 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 134 residents. A quarter of households are one person living alone. At 8.7%, the share of second homes is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 Chilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chilly had 154 residents at the 2012 census and 134 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Chilly changed by −13% 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −9% in Ardennes.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 77% 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
■ Chilly 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Chilly is 45, higher than in 57% of compared French towns. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Chilly (9.7%). The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Chilly ranks below 76% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 8.3%
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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A quarter of households are couples with children, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
97% 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
On empty homes, 5.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.8% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €25,810 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 median standard of living in Chilly is €25,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Chilly: 33% of households are headed by a retired person, above 55% 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, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 5.2%, a lower share than 61% 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 median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 27.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Chilly, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 73% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Chilly has 45%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Chilly ranks above 65% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 22%
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
Locally, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 134 to 2,582 people, the 20th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Chilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilly | 45 | 18% | 8.7% | 5.2% |
| Revin 5,716 · 10 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 11.9 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 12.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 12.6 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 13.7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 14.3 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
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 Chilly
What is the population of Chilly?
134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (154).
How old are Chilly’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chilly?
6, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chilly?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% 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 Chilly?
€25,810 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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