Chennegy ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.7%
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 1.9% in Chennegy. This Aube town is home to 472 residents in 220 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 2.3% of households are single parents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns.
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 Chennegy
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chennegy, 15% of its 270 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Chennegy has more second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%. Meanwhile, the figure for empty homes is 4.8% in Chennegy and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Chennegy grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 60% 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 change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aube town +2%.
A median age of 48.9: Chennegy is older than 79% 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
■ Chennegy 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 share of one-person households is 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
A median of €26,530 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 Chennegy is €26,530 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
2.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (40%), Chennegy is above 83% of compared French towns. At 11%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 9.4% of 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).
Chennegy sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Chennegy has 2.5%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 53% of compared French towns: 18%
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 account for 31%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 472 to 2,582 people
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).
Around Chennegy, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chennegy | 48.9 | 24% | 15% | 3.8% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 5.7 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 9.2 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 10.3 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 10.4 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 10.5 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 10.5 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 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 Chennegy
What is the population of Chennegy?
472 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (440).
How old are Chennegy’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chennegy?
41, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chennegy?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chennegy?
€26,530 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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