Households without a car make up 1.7% in Jazennes, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Still, 6.9% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 542 people lived in Jazennes, in 240 households. Census figures put one-person households at 30% in the town.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Jazennes outgrew 67% of compared French towns: +9%
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: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
A median age of 46.6: Jazennes is older than 67% 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
■ Jazennes 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 2.3 people each. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
100% of homes are houses
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 15: that is how common empty homes are in Jazennes (6.5%).
The median resident lives on €25,140 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,140 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Jazennes ranks above 66% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Jazennes (32%). In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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.
In Jazennes, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 80% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
In Jazennes, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Jazennes ranks below 86% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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 the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Jazennes, 25%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (542 to 2,582 people), the 18th oldest
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 young as Jazennes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Jazennes
What is the population of Jazennes?
542 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (497).
How old are Jazennes’ residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jazennes?
19, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jazennes?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jazennes?
€25,140 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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