Chamoy ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2%
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 20% in Chamoy and 14% in the typical compared French town. For Chamoy, the census puts households without a car at 4.2%. Fewer single-parent households than in 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 499, in 220 households.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 52% of compared French towns grew faster than Chamoy: +4%
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
The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Chamoy is over 47.1, older than 70% 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
■ Chamoy 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Chamoy has more residents aged 65 and over than 71% of compared French towns, at 26%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 31%, a lower share than 73% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. At 28%, the share of couples with children is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
7.5% of homes are second homes, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Chamoy has 4.7%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. On households in social housing, Chamoy sits lower than 57% of compared French towns: 11%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Median standard of living: €24,830 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 Chamoy is €24,830 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 retired person: 42%, above 88% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
3.4% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. That is lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. Against that, 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Chamoy, less than in 98% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 87% 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 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Chamoy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamoy | 47.1 | 26% | 7.5% | 3.4% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 11 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 11.2 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 11.7 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 11.9 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 12.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 12.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
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 Chamoy
What is the population of Chamoy?
499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (478).
How old are Chamoy’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chamoy?
19, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chamoy?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chamoy?
€24,830 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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