A median age of 60.4: Fontaine-Chalendray is older than 98% of compared French towns
4% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Fontaine-Chalendray had 237 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. In Fontaine-Chalendray, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% 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.
What stands out about the people of Fontaine-Chalendray
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fontaine-Chalendray, 21% of its 190 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Fontaine-Chalendray’s residents are under 60.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Fontaine-Chalendray (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 3.1% for the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime. 21% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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
The share of households without a car trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 7.8%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes come to 12% in Fontaine-Chalendray, about one in ten. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
+8% since 2012, a pace 64% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Charente-Maritime town, the change came in two steps: −8% from 2012 to 2017, then +18% to 2023.
Fontaine-Chalendray: 39% of residents are 65 or over, above 97% 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
■ Fontaine-Chalendray 60.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Fontaine-Chalendray, 4.6%. Across the comparison, 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.
8% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 99% 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
Households here average 1.8 people each. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €20,310 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.
Half of Fontaine-Chalendray’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,310 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 52%, a higher share than 98% 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
8% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fontaine-Chalendray: 22% of residents are immigrants, above 94% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Fontaine-Chalendray comes in at 21%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Fontaine-Chalendray, 15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
48% are married and 3.8% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 11% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Fontaine-Chalendray, 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
30% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 237 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Fontaine-Chalendray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-Chalendray | 60.4 | 39% | 21% | 22% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 12.5 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 16.2 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 16.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
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 Fontaine-Chalendray
What is the population of Fontaine-Chalendray?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (219).
How old are Fontaine-Chalendray’s residents?
The median age is 60.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontaine-Chalendray?
39, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontaine-Chalendray?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (21%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontaine-Chalendray?
€20,310 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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