Challignac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.6%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Challignac has 1.4%. One-person households make up about one in four here (26%). The median age here is 48.8, higher than in 79% of compared French towns. The town had 335 residents in 140 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Challignac
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 62% 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 +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of compared French towns: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Challignac 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Empty homes make up 13% in Challignac, more than in 91% of compared French towns
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 7.6% in Challignac. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €24,210 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €24,210 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 26% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
With households headed by a retired person at 29%, Challignac is behind two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, a higher share than in 59% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 65% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
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 higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. For Challignac, the census puts immigrants at 7.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Challignac ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Challignac, 22%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 86% 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
Adults with no qualification account for 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 335 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Challignac sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challignac | 48.8 | 23% | 7.6% | 7.1% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 12.3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 13.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 15.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 17.2 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 17.9 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
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 Challignac
What is the population of Challignac?
335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (311).
How old are Challignac’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Challignac?
14, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Challignac?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Challignac?
€24,210 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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