A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 12% of homes are flats in Chevanceaux. Census day 2023: 1,065 residents and 500 households locally. In Chevanceaux, nearly one in ten homes are second homes. Half of the town’s residents are over 47, older than in 69% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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.
Chevanceaux grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 58% 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 +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 71% 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
■ Chevanceaux 47. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Chevanceaux, 21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 70% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 81% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Chevanceaux comes in at 39%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
9.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Chevanceaux has fewer households without a car than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 8.2%. There is little gap on empty homes: 5.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,520 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 Chevanceaux is €22,520 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.1% in Chevanceaux, less than in 92% 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
Here nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. For comparison, 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).
8.5% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 76% 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 share of immigrants is 8.9%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. That is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Chevanceaux has 24%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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
In Chevanceaux, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,065 to 2,582
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Chevanceaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevanceaux | 47 | 26% | 8.1% | 8.9% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 8.3 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 12.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 13.8 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 13.9 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 14.2 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 15.1 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
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 Chevanceaux
What is the population of Chevanceaux?
1,065 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (997).
How old are Chevanceaux’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevanceaux?
47, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevanceaux?
INSEE counts 95 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 90 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevanceaux?
€22,520 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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