Charny is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 65.5
Households headed by a retired person make up 75%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 33 residents in Charny, living in 19 households. Census figures put households without a car at 5% here. 4% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Charny
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charny, 24% of its 26 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Charny’s residents are under 65.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 51% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Charny’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Some 15% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 35% who have been there 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 57% of compared French towns: Charny changed by +3% since 2012
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 +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Charny ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 51%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charny 65.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Charny has 2.9%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 67 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Charny ranks above 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 50%
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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.8 people share a household. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Charny: 5.7% 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.
The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Charny (5.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 67% 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
With single residents at 9.1%, Charny is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
35% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Charny, just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 33 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Charny the oldest (65.5).
No nearby town is as old as Charny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charny | 65.5 | 51% | 24% | 5.7% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 11.5 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 14.1 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
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 Charny
What is the population of Charny?
33 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (32).
How old are Charny’s residents?
The median age is 65.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.6% are under 18 and 51% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charny?
6, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charny?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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