0.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In 2023, the Census found 360 residents in Chappes, living in 150 households. About one in 14: that is how common single-parent households are in Chappes (7%). Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households have no car.
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.
What stands out about the people of Chappes
Growing fast
Chappes had 289 residents at the 2012 census and 360 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chappes’s population changed by +25% since 2012, more than in 94% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 +12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Chappes ranks below 71% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chappes 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Chappes is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 21% locally, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 96% 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
The average household has 2.4 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 28%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 8.2% of its homes
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
Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8% (under two years). At 9.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 79% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,560 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 Chappes is €27,560 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chappes: 5.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Chappes (5.6%). At 4.5%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Just over half of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
More adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 26%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (360 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Chappes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chappes | 43.5 | 21% | 8.2% | 5.6% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 6.9 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 9.5 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 10.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 10.7 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 11 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 11.9 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
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 Chappes
What is the population of Chappes?
360 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (289).
How old are Chappes’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chappes?
15, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chappes?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chappes?
€27,560 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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