Chassenon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 1%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of residents are 15 to 24 here. At the 2023 Census Chassenon was home to 836 people in 410 households. Single-parent households: 2.4% of the total. 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Chassenon
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chassenon, 13% of its 540 homes: higher than in 90% 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 Chassenon’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chassenon sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.3%)
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
One in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Higher than in 90% of compared French towns: 13% of homes are second homes. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Chassenon, the census puts households without a car at 6.9%.
Chassenon changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 82% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Charente.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Chassenon is over 52.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chassenon 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
35% of Chassenon’s residents are 65 or older, against 28% in the median Charente town and 22% in the median compared French town; 16% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 75% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. Few places have so few one-person households: 34% here, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,490 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,490 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 58%, a higher share than 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 23%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a third 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).
Chassenon: 5.8% of residents are immigrants
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 about one in 17 here (5.8%). On foreign nationals, Chassenon sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% 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
50% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Around Chassenon, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chassenon | 52.7 | 35% | 13% | 5.8% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 2.9 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 6.2 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 9.7 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 12.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 12.8 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 16.2 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
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 Chassenon
What is the population of Chassenon?
836 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (863).
How old are Chassenon’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chassenon?
67, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chassenon?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chassenon?
€23,490 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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