Photo: Joël Fanet · CC BY-SA 4.041% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Chenôve has 14%. Locally, 72% of homes are flats. This Côte-d'Or town has more households without a car than 94% of compared French towns, at 28%. Census day 2023: 14,244 residents and 6,330 households in the town.
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 Chenôve
Immigrants
INSEE counts 3,400 immigrants in Chenôve (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 24% of residents, against 7.3% for the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Social housing
41% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 12% rent privately and 45% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chenôve changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 61% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Half of Chenôve is under 41, younger than 73% 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
■ Chenôve 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents are 65 or over here. About one in eight: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Chenôve (13%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 68% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Chenôve. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
1.2% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 71% 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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 6.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €20,810 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.
At €20,810 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. 29.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 20% in Chenôve, more than in 84% 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
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 30% here, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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 higher than in 96% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly a fifth of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chenôve sits above 81% of compared French towns for single residents (31%)
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
40% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Chenôve, 30% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 92% 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
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 13,891 to 14,640 people, the 17th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Lieusaint (30.7), the oldest Douarnenez (55.6).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Chenôve
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenôve | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 1.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 2.4 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 4.1% | 13% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 2.5 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
| Talant 11,896 · 3 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 3.4 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7,544 · 4.4 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.2% |
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 Chenôve
What is the population of Chenôve?
14,244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (13,959).
How old are Chenôve’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chenôve?
85, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chenôve?
INSEE counts 3,430 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 24% of residents, and 2,660 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chenôve?
€20,810 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.